January 2017 – Red Angel Sophia's Blog

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A picture of the Earth (albeit a very badly-drawn one probably rife with inaccuracies) has on it somewhere a red icon of a generic person - symbolizing that we are inherently a part of a larger world. The world is shown against a black background representing the vastness of space - but with a few equally-badly-drawn stars in the background to remind us that, even in the Universe, we are not alone. This image is for articles in this blog that discuss Cosmopolitanism - a teaching, inherent to Stoicism, about our interconnectedness with the rest of the Universe.

Why Stoics Shouldn’t Tone Police

January 27, 2017 sophia_my_blog

Contrary to what an incomplete understanding would suggest, tone policing is contrary to Stoic philosophy. Here is why. One criticism that may be levied on Stoicism by those who have an incomplete understanding of the philosophy is that it might Read more

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A bowl with fire coming out of it representing Logos, the spirit of logic and reason and the Force pervading all things. Just to clarify it's logical nature, the background has the Logic equation "(A∧C)→B". The bowl is placed on the side of a mountain to represent the world and all the difficulties in it. This image is for articles in this blog relating to Stoic philosophy.

Ingraining Stoicism with a Meditation Journal

January 15, 2017January 18, 2019 sophia_my_blog

Possibly the most time-honored of all the ingraining techniques used in Stoicism is the use of a meditative journal – of which the most classic examples are the twelve books written by the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, in the last Read more

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: An open book with writing represents a journal - specifically, a meditative journal, which is an ancient time-honored ingraining technique. Above it and to the left, a chain of Death Beads used in a very recently-devised ingraining technique. Above the book and to the right (slightly overlapping) is a blue silhouette of someone running - a symbol of exercise - as the ingraining techniques are key philosophical exercises for Stoicism. Above all that are, in big red letters, the words "EVERY DAY" highlighting the importance of making it an every-day practice to use whatever regimen of ingraining techniques are found to be appropriate for you. This image is for articles in this blog pertaining to Stoic ingraining techniques - whether they be ingraining techniques that we get from the Classical Stoics, or whether they be those developed in modern times by Modern Stoics.

Ingraining Stoicism with a Meditation Journal

January 15, 2017 sophia_my_blog

A Case for Stoic Outreach

January 7, 2017January 18, 2019 sophia_my_blog

As a Stoic, I realize that as far as I am concerned, for anyone other than myself to practice Stoicism is an indifferent (neither inherently good nor bad). Still, I see a strong case for Stoics with a pro-justice understanding Read more

A Case for Stoic Outreach

January 7, 2017 sophia_my_blog