The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks
You've read the books. You know what Marcus Aurelius would do. But when life gets hard, the philosophy disappears. This podcast is for people who want to close the gap between knowing Stoicism and actually living it. New episodes every Monday.
The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks
Stoicism is Not a Dead Philosophy
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I was recently alerted to the following tweet by Tucker Max:
"I've been trying to tell this to my friends for years. There is a reason it's a dead philosophy. "
He cited a study that had the following conclusion:
A naive endorsement of stoic ideology might have negative wellbeing consequence.
In this episode, I dig into this study, Tucker Max, and the misconceptions of Stoicism to get to the bottom of all this.
Does Stoicism cause more harm than good?