The ancients talked about Nature, Reason, Zeus, and God – but what did they mean by it?

In this conversation, Michael tells us who or what the Stoic God is.

We’re here to tell you – and share how the Stoic’s beliefs about God influenced their practice and picture of Stoicism.

(00:58) Why The Stoic God Matters

(03:21) The Agenda

(05:40) Stoic Physics

(08:29) Is This Like Aristotle?

(14:13) God Is Fire

(23:35) The Forms of God

(28:53) God Is Everything

(31:52) The Divine In Us

(37:15) Reason

(38:31) The Cyclic Universe

(45:36) The Problem Of Evil

(54:18) Living In Accordance With Nature

(56:25) Summary

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The philosopher and the general. Stoic philosophy in ancient Roman history.

In this podcast, Caleb speaks with Alex Petkas about Pompey and Posidonius – the great Roman general and his Stoic mentor.

Both of their lives were epic in the greatest sense. They carry lessons for applying Stoic emotion management, cosmopolitanism, and, even, inquiry into the natural world.

https://costofglory.com/

(01:27) Seneca on Posidonius

(03:28) The World of Posidonius

(12:35) The Roman Civil War

(15:59) Pompey Meets Posidonius

(19:08) Stoic Cosmopolitanism in Action

(26:12) Paying Respects to the Philosopher

(31:04) The Rest of Pompey's Story

(32:14) Pompey's Stoic and Non-Stoic Attributes

(43:48) Posidonius on the Divine

(53:06) Fate Willing

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“Show me a man who is not a slave; one is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition.”

– Seneca

In this conversation, Michael and Caleb discuss how Stoics think about ambition. What does healthy ambition look like? The unhealthy kind? How do you navigate between the two?

Caleb and Michael talk through the Stoic tradition’s answers to these questions.

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