There are clearly people for whom Stoicism immediately "clicks," it comes natural, and others for whom it doesn't. Then again, Stoicism isn't… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
"Fate permitting" is a standard Stoic phrase meant to remind ourselves that planning things is up to us, but the ultimate outcomes… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
If you are a Christian, you can still practice Stoicism and think of the Logos as the Word of God. If you… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
The Stoics thought that a fundamental insight into human life is that some things are up to us and others are not,… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
In my mind, there is no reason why Stoicism shouldn't become as popular as Buddhism, especially in the Western world, where the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“One of the first lessons from Stoicism, then, is to focus our attention and efforts where we have the most power and… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable with the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all. — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
“The many-worlds theory basically maintains that the reason quantum mechanics seems so strange is because we have access to only one of an infinite… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
“as astronomer Carl Sagan once aptly put it, you do not want to keep your mind so open that your brain is likely to… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it will provide… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
“Following the Post Modernist route, we may indeed never arrive at meaning, but not because meaning is not there... only because we are lost… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
I can't speak for others, but I find the fundamental idea that a life worth living is one during which one strives every day… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and we should… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
“Or maybe, another explanation goes, we are in fact surrounded by ETs and simply don't know it, perhaps because they decided to make the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
“Science progresses. Ideology tends to linger unchanged, and often unquestioned.” — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative visualization exercise… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
The Stoics thought that a fundamental insight into human life is that some things are up to us and others are not, the famous… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
... it is because one can build a compelling set of arguments - informed by science and thoroughly compatible with it - that to… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
“It is instructive to note that different cultures "discovered" completely different constellations in the sky, a fact that is more consistent with the idea… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share
