1. Courage 2. Justice 3. Temperance 4. Wisdom "Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek instead the testimony of the few; and number not their voices, but weigh them." ~ Immanuel Kant
Been struggling lately with life, this is a timely reminder to apply stoic truths. I recently had a nervous breakdown with severe panic attacks, depression and the inability to deal with even minor stress...it was a sobering life lesson...still is....the concept of remembering death is coming has given me a new perspective and not take life to seriously. I tell myself "none of this will matter or even be remembered 20, 30, 40 years from now" and someday I will cease to even be on this planet.
Just live one moment at a time. Focus on that. That helps me. Don't ruminate about the past. Focus only on now. Be present in your life and make your moments as happy as you can. This has helped me immensely.
Inspiring in itself to hear Ryan, with such passion, tell us these true tales of the stoics. His life is truly with purpose and you can tell it within his research and tone.
Thank you for everything Ryan I just finished stillness is the key it only took me four days and I haven’t read a book in years 🤣 I couldn’t put it down I’ll be reading all your books next ✊🚀🏆
Ordered my signed copy...Really looking forward to this book. 'Courage' was very impactful and the playlist is in regular circulation on my spotify. thanks Ryan!
Great video as always Ryan thank you just pre-ordered your book in audible form keep up the great work. I discovered stoicism about 4 years ago much appreciated
🙋Amazing content as always Ryan. Looking forward to reading this new book 📚. Thank you so much for all you share with us. You make it so easy to understand and implement.
I've read your book 'The Daily Stoic'. Its loaded with inspiring practical thoughts of virtue to digest...looking forward to reading Stillness is the Key, etc..😊
You should read the Islamic philosophers who translated the works of the Stoics that helped preserve them for us today. It’s amazing how universal the messages is.
@@igormargulis6302 Some of the most influential Islamic Philosophers were Avicenna, Alfarabius, and Averroes. Averroes wrote a great work called "The incoherence of the incoherence" which defends the validity of classical philosophy in an islamic context against the arguments of those who oppose it.
Thats why philosophy is true...where as religion clashes and isnt universal. Even the luck of our birth place or the era we're born in doesn't effect the truths of philosophy we feel in our very being to be true. I cant say the same for religion when i read religious texts. Alot of religious texts to me are messages and codes hidden to be deciphered and not neccarily to be taken litrally 😎👍 philosophy is a universal truth. Dark and light in us all and we need to put a leash on our primal instincts and urges and think before we act. We need to find balance and control within these primal emotions and instincts etc ☯️
@@igormargulis6302 Imam Ghazali synthesized a lot of the works from past Islamic scholars into many books. The best translations of his writing is done by a Cambridge professor in the UK named Timothy Winter/Abdul Hakim Murad. He also has lectures here in RU-vid. My favorite Ghazali text is “On Disciplining the Soul: Breaking the 2 Desires.” In it he professes that is we as humans can control our younger/mouth and our private parts, we can ascend and become more enlightened people. Very thought provoking. Enjoy!
Keep up the amazing work Ryan, you are encouraging a lot of people. I've been living my life a certain way, been through a lot, and found out that Stoicism was basically my own philosophy for my whole life without knowing that the philosophy existed (in my younger years). Thank you for everything, big fan.
Watch all of Ryan's stuff... Loved the necklace... Looked it up, $245... Seems really high. Really wanted one but it's just too expensive for me. Am I wrong in thinking even 50$ would cause sticker shock??
He’s one of those personal brand/motivational guys. Their goals are to help people, and to get extremely rich 🤑. Who knows, maybe a pendant on a chain is more helpful than 2-3 hours on a therapist’s couch. (?)
Amen 🙏🏽 Couldn’t agree more, look forward to reading it, mahalo nui loa for the reminder of what life is all ab to me too. Really grateful for your views on life, our awareness, quest for knowledge, inquire, yearn for more where it counts the most, so much more u contribute to society. Good on you Ryan, I’m glad I saw this one today. 🙌🏽✊🏽🙏🏽🤙🏽
In your book, The Daily Stoic, on the page for August 7th, you refer to small towns as "closed-minded". Why is it you think small towns to be "closed-minded"? Also, what is your opinion of big cities?
I absolutely loved this, Thank you Ryan. Stupendous. 😁😁😁😃😃😃🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍 Cato 😍🥰😃😁 Peace, love, joy and happiness to you Ryan and everyone, Thank you universe. 😁😁😁😁😃🥰😍🦄🌈💫🧬🐉🌗♾️🛸🌌👽😁😃🥰
Why this annoying piano music in the background in almost every youtube video? (My comment is only about the annoying music, not the message of the video. I read the Daily Stoic and listened to it on audio book. It is great, no need for annoying, distracting background music.)
Did I hear you correctly? Did you just say the Stoics lived in more uncertain times because, “they had tyrants and they had mobs?” Newsflash… We have that in spades right now brother!
It was not until the 18th Century that anyone seriously started considering Chattel Slavery a bad thing. In other words slavery had been pretty much a fixture of all societies everywhere since the start of Civilization thousands of years ago. I do not think it is a valid argument for modern people to assess societies on the current social mores. IOW a Mayan Circa 1400 would be aghast at the horrible immorality of modern America where are the human sacrifices what kind of depraved people fail to see the necessity of human sacrifice and ritualized cruelty?
Woman definitely play a big role. However back then these guys were certainly no slouches! Marcus Aurelius was Emperor and spent a lot of his time on the fronts with his troops dealing in foreign relations. Seneca served as the number 1 advisor to Emperor Nero and basically ran the country behind the scenes for a time. Epictetus was a slave whose master worked in the palace. Definitely not lazy men! Hope this helps you feel better about approaching stoicism as anybody can get something from it!
