social-justice – Page 4 – Red Angel Sophia's Blog

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Against a grey background, we see the red flame that represents the Logos (the spirit of reason that animates the Universe). In front of that, we see a badly-drawn representation of a human brain - on which there is a lightbulb that is lit, representing thought. Some of the rays from the lightbulb's glow gradually blend into the flame, representing how our reasoning faculty is part of the Logos. This image is for articles in this blog dealing with logic and critical thought.

#3: Don’t Mistake Stoic Realism for Idealism

August 11, 2017 sophia_my_blog

While people who don’t understand Stoicism or the Stoic mindset might confuse a Stoic with an idealist – in reality, a well-trained Stoic is not that at all, but the ultimate realist. Philadelphia Stoic Thoughts, starting with the episode following Read more

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Two mouths - one slightly-above to the right, and one slightly-below to the left. From the mouth on the left come a few straight lines representing honest speech. From the mouth on the right come a few crooked lines representing deceptive speech. Behind the honest mouth (the one on the left) burns the flame which represents the Logos. This image is for articles in this blog (virtualstoa.org) which deal with cases in which the true words of the philosopher meet with untrue words of baser society.

Epictitus Shows us How to Stand Up to Hate Speech Without Compromising our Resilience to Insults

June 15, 2017 sophia_my_blog

While the Stoic advice to embrace insults may seem at times to put us in conflict with our obligation to stand up to societal injustice, Epictetus gives us a great way to resolve this dilemma. One thing is abundantly clear Read more

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A purple hollow-triangle with the extentions of the "mars symbol" and the "venus symbol" is featured in the foreground. This is one of the symbols of the transgender community. Behind it is the fire that represents the Logos. This image is for articles in this blog (virtualstoa.org) that pertain to transgender issues and how Stoicism applies to them.

Stoic Community’s Understanding of Transgender Issues Still has Ways to Go

June 1, 2017May 23, 2019 sophia_my_blog

Years after my YouTube presentation on Stoicism as a coping mechanism for trans-folk – there is much that the Stoic community doesn’t understand about trans-folk and about how our noble philosophy applies to the situation of trans-folk. Years ago, a Read more