Uncovering Avatar's Surprising Stoic Connections | The Four Stoic Virtues 

Avatar: The Last Airbender has got to be one of my all-time favourite shows. I originally watched it as a kid on the verge of my teenage years, like I’m sure many of you did. You’d think that after growing up and becoming an adult, the shows you watched as a kid would grow stale or age poorly.
Some of them do, of course, but Avatar never has. It still holds up remarkably well and it’s probably my second-most rewatched show next to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Well I recently watched it again when I made that Zuko video of mine a while back. This was also the first time rewatching the show since I became a practising Stoic.
Due to being in such a different place in my life than I was the last time I watched it, I naturally made some new connections and had some novel insights this time around. What struck me is that the avatar characters map quite well to some of the Stoic teachings I’ve been studying. Specifically the Four Virtues of Stoicism.
So in this short video, I’d like to take the time to go over the Four Virtues and examine how they map on to some of the characters in this show I’ve loved for years.
This isn’t a preaching video (or at least, I’m not trying to make it a preaching video). These are values and beliefs that I and other Stoics hold, but I try not to force my beliefs on anyone else. If you’re not a Stoic, you don’t have to abide by Stoic teachings. But if you find something that does resonate with you, then you’re more than welcome to apply it to your life. Stoicism is a life philosophy, not a religion. You are welcome to use certain tools in the philosophy if it benefits you. In fact, I encourage it.
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