Stoicism is not just self-help | Distinguished philosopher Nancy Sherman reimagines stoicism
78Nancy Sherman discusses her less individualistic interpretation of stoicism and why other thinkers have gotten it wrong.
Do you agree with her? Could stoicism be useful to us in the current moment?
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We think that stoicism is defined by a rugged self-reliance and indifference to events. Join distinguished philosopher, Nancy Sherman, as she argues this is radically mistaken, and that building deep emotional connections with the world, and the people in it, is as important for the stoics as it is for everyone else.
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Nancy Sherman is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University who has conducted research in general ethics, moral psychology and the history of philosophy with a focus on the stoic tradition. She is a New York Times Notable Author and, from 1997-1999, served as the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Stoicism in Silicon Valley
02:20 Stoicism in Naval Academies
04:14 Diogenes the maverick philosopher
06:08 Epictetus the stoic
08:21 Marcus Aurelius' meditations
09:55 Circles of belonging
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