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Posted by Yohan on Jan-22-2009 18:40:

FAO: Philosophicaly inclined

Any good commentaries on stoicism? Esp modern ones

I've read Meditations few times, and taken a few courses on stoicism, but most of the text is pretty bland. So looking for somethiing more readable

Posted by Alex on Jan-22-2009 18:46:

Your best bet as a starter for almost all philosophy stuff is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/stoicism/

Posted by winston on Jan-22-2009 18:51:

James Stockdale, whose writing "Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior" I found immensely valuable.

http://faculty.smu.edu/jkazez/mol07/stockdale.pdf

At the moment, I'm too busy studying four books on jewish history, starting from the maccabean revolt to the third war against the romans for a test on monday, i can't process more words as of now, but when i'm free i'll re-read it.

Posted by Lira on Jan-22-2009 18:58:

Try listening to this first

Posted by winston on Jan-22-2009 19:02:

being raised in a British environment, bbc is pretty much a given...

nice find though, i'm fond of this topic.

Posted by Lira on Jan-22-2009 19:16:

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Originally posted by diggerz
being raised in a British environment, bbc is pretty much a given...

nice find though, i'm fond of this topic.

Where are you from? You and Allied Nations seem to be competing for the title of most cosmopolitan TA ever

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Jan-22-2009 22:33:

Re: FAO: Philosophicaly inclined

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Originally posted by Yohan
taken a few courses on stoicism, but most of the text is pretty bland

Posted by Chimney on Jan-23-2009 05:50:

Only did it as a hobby, never at an education level. However Camus' "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" is very interesting an relatively easy. Nietzsche's philosophy is a bit more complicated if you want to go into that. I personally also liked the work of Kafka even if it's not always philosophy orientated.

Good luck.

Posted by DJ Shibby on Jan-23-2009 05:51:

Marcus Aurelius... good stuff. He's a little antequated, we've got shit like the Tao to keep us busy (or unbusy or neither) these days.

Posted by Psy-T on Jan-23-2009 06:07:

Re: Re: FAO: Philosophicaly inclined

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On

lol, nice catch.