Book Review: Breakfast with Seneca – David Fideler
Book Review: Breakfast with Seneca is an excellent book for anyone who is starting on their Stoic journey and has or will read his texts.
Book Review: Breakfast with Seneca is an excellent book for anyone who is starting on their Stoic journey and has or will read his texts.
Who was Seneca? A brief introduction into the life of Seneca and a little scene of how I pictured meeting him would be like.
Dying every day: Seneca at the Court of Nera is a captivating view into the life of Seneca. As a central question, we try to find out who Seneca was. All this wrapped into the intrigues of the imperial courts from Caligula, Claudius, Agrippina, and last but not least, Nero.
How to follow reason is an examination of itself and of Discourse 1.17 or Epictetus’s teaching by Arrian. And how to interpret nature.
Attachments and learning to find the right balance between your life and the externals you are connected to. What do the Stoics teach us?
How to become and stay sober shows my journey to quitting alcohol and how Stoicism and great examples helped me stay on track.
Here is my list of five Stoic quotes to change your life. Are you looking for motivation or inspiration, use these to help you.
In what we are born for looks at Discourse 1.16. we learn to see the signs of nature and to be grateful for her and the little things.
What does philosophy promise is a deep dive into book 1.15 of the Discourses of Epictetus. What is the result and where should our focus be?
How it is all connected is a multi-layered discourse. It shows us a deeper look into Epictetus’s idea of god and our part in the universe.