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- If You Need Me I’ll Be In My Trailer: Choices Within Our Roles COSP Aydyn Neifer · In life, we are dealt roles, we create roles and we assume roles. In this essay, student Aydyn Neifer explores our many roles from a Stoic perspective, drawing primarily from the work of Epictetus. Original page
- Introduction To The Stoic Triage COSP Meraz Ahmed · Faculty member Meraz Ahmed argues that Stoic philosophical principles can be a guide to better decision making in complex situations. He refers to this as the “Stoic Triage”. Original page
- Layman Determinism And Freedom Of One’s Prohairesis COSP Mark Stary · In this article, faculty member Mark Stary explains the importance of prohairesis in the context of Stoic compatibilism. Original page
- Stoic Ethics and War COSP Mark Bowen · In this essay, student Mark Bowen explores how Stoic ethics can have a positive influence on those impacted by involvement in warfare. Original page
- Stoic Principles for AI Ethics COSP Carolina Martins · Carolina Martins explains how Stoic principles can have a positive impact in the development of responsible Artificial Intelligence systems. Original page
- The Consolation of Stoic Optimism COSP Don Putnam · Faculty member Don Putnam discusses Heraclitus's fragments in the context of various philosophical questions. Original page
- The Ethics of Pursuing Material Wealth COSP Francesco Gimelli · In this article, student Francesco Gimelli discusses the impact of the pursuit of material wealth on adherence to one's Stoic principles. Original page
- When Should A Stoic Tinker With Nature? COSP Steven Karafit · Student Steven Karafit argues that 21st century Stoics should only utilize genetically modified organisms in very specific circumstances, such as when the use of GMO technology seems to be more rational and just than any of the alternatives. Original page
- An Alternate View Of The Cosmos (New And Old) COSP Nigel Glassborow · Nigel Glassborow explores the significance of Zeno's approach to understanding the Cosmos, in light of the many new scientific approaches for observing and understanding the nature of the Universe. Original page
- Applied Stoic Ethics And Japanese Psychotherapeutic Practices COSP Miklós Cseszneky · Miklós Cseszneky discusses the important role of the concept of "nature" in Morita Therapy and also to Stoic practitioners. Original page
- Contra Exercitia: Against The Exercises COSP Dirk Mahling · In this issue, we are posthumously publishing Dirk Mahling's short essay "Contra Exercitia - Against the Exercises," in which he takes issue with the gymnastic approach to Stoic practice, typified by a variety of contemporary stoic life hacks. Originally written as a Facebook post. Original page
- Old Stoic Books: COSP’s Rare Book Collection COSP Mark Stary · Faculty member Mark Stary describes his adventures in our digital "stacks", with special attention to two old volumes: one focused on the Hymn of Cleanthes, and another a poet's tribute to the Enchiridion. Original page
- Pantheism And Theism: Some Thoughts On The Stoic God COSP Ryan Broadfoot · Student Ryan Broadfoot explores the nature of the Stoic God, and how that understanding has enhanced his practice. Original page
- Some Thoughts On Stoic Poetry And Fellow Travelers COSP Mitch Leventhal · Thought provoking poems are examined through a Stoic lens. Original page
- Stoic Ethics And Political Citizenship COSP Ryan Broadfoot · Stoicism has been misinterpreted by some as an individualistic philosophy which supports the idea of disengagement from society, but this is far from the truth. Ryan Broadfoot argues that Stoicism calls citizens to action for the common good. Original page
- Stoicism And Shame COSP George Nagle · Faculty member George Nagle discusses how Stoicism, from a psychotherapeutic perspective, can help a person overcome persistent shame. Original page
- The Stoic Negotiator: Principles And Practices For Better Communication COSP Ian Roth · Student Ian Roth compares some of the best practices of negotiation with classical Stoicism as an applied philosophy. His intention is twofold: To determine in what ways the two are compatible in principle, and to identify how they can supplement and complement one another in practice. Original page
- Who Is A Stoic? COSP Anthony Aguirre · Faculty member Anthony Aguirre explores what it is to be a Stoic, apart from a mastery of the theoretical precepts. Original page
- Book Review of AA Long's Epictetus (updated 2021) Mark Stary · Review of "Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life" by A.A. Long Original page
- Stoic Hypomnemata Avilés, César · Hypomnemata written by Cesar Avilés in 2020, while a student in the Marcus Aurelius Program. Compiled and edited in 2021. Original page
- Duty and Right Action Toward Hierocles' Gods Avilés, César · In this reflective essay, Cesar Avilés examines Hierocles’ theory of duty towards what he considers the three most important relationships. In his treatise On Appropriate Acts, he labels them as “kinds of god” and exhorts us to honor them above all other relationships. Original page
- The Mneme Manual, 2nd Edition Wiegardt, Erik · Mneme, or memory exercises, were very much a part of a classical Stoic's education. What you will find here is an extreme synthesis of the Epictetus' Discourses, organized and composed into a common poetic style, blank verse by Scholarch Erik Wiegardt. Original page
- Thirty-Two Principal Doctrines of the Classical Stoa Wiegardt, Erik · This volume by our founding Scholarch focuses on the three fundamental areas of study (topoi) – logic, physics, and ethics - during the period of Classical Stoa, from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. Original page
- Against overly intellectualising the simplicity that is the Stoic rationale Glassborow, Nigel · Nigel Glassborow explains that the Athenian intellectual ethos meant that "every aspect of the teachings of any of the schools of thought were gone over with a fine tooth comb". As such, he continues "the simplicity of the rationale of Zeno's teachings tended to be overlooked." Original page
- Aretê, Character and the Good Glassborow, Nigel · When it comes to the study of Stoicism, discussions often swing back and forth between the use of modern English, Latin, and ancient Greek, and in the process, the original intent of the Athenian Stoics can be overlooked. Original page
- Coming to Reason COSP Scott Stoddard; David Lundmark · Essays written by two students of the College of Stoic Philosophers. Although they have ended up on the same path of virtue, aretē, their lives began in profoundly different ways. It is only in the intensity of their efforts to follow reason that their stories can be viewed as similar or the same. Original page
- Control, Determinism and Providence according to Stoic rationale Glassborow, Nigel · Practical ruminations on control, determinism and Providence for the practicing Stoic. Original page
- Hierocles Concentric Circles and Caring for Mother Earth Glassborow, Nigel · Hierocles the Stoic suggested that while the animal nature of any species is to look to its own perceived self-interest, especially in matters that relate to survival, as rational and social animals we humans also have a need to include in our purview the interests of all the other 'circles' of society that we are a part of, including that of the world and the Cosmos. Original page
- How Zeno’s Stoicism is still relevant today Glassborow, Nigel · Nigel Glassborow argues that Zeno's Stoicism remains relevant to contemporary society. Original page
- In Support of Zeno’s Metaphysics Glassborow, Nigel · Nigel Glassborow examines where the rationale of Zeno's original Stoic metaphysics takes us when considered against knowledge obtained from the modern sciences. Original page