Allan John and What Is Stoicism (Episode 96)

"Stoicism is not so much an ethic as it is a paradoxical recipe for happiness." Caleb speaks with Allan from What Is Stoicism about the practice of Stoicism as a philosophy of daily life. They discuss how they think about Stoicism, the work of Pierre Hadot, underrated ideas in Stoicism, and their Stoic practices. https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/ https://whatisstoicism.com/what-is-stoicism/ (00:33) Allan's Story (04:59) What Is Stoicism? (10:54) An Underrated Stoic Idea (18:18) Stoic Exercises (28:06) Widening The Domain of Being (31:48) Philosophy As Gardening (35:10) Refined Selfishness (39:55) Stoic Meditation *** Subscribe to The Stoa Letter for weekly meditations, actions, and links to the best Stoic resources: www.stoaletter.com/subscribe [http://www.stoaletter.com/subscribe] Download the Stoa app (it's a free download): stoameditation.com/pod [http://stoameditation.com/pod] If you try the Stoa app and find it useful, but truly cannot afford it, email us and we'll set you up with a free account. Listen to more episodes and learn more here: https://stoameditation.com/blog/stoa-conversations/ Thanks to Michael Levy for graciously letting us use his music in the conversations: https://ancientlyre.com/