{"id":51591,"date":"2015-10-31T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T16:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=51591"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:57:21","slug":"podcast-151-the-way-of-the-stoic-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-151-the-way-of-the-stoic-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #151: The Way of the Stoic Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve touched on Stoic philosophy a few times on the site. It’s certainly an appealing philosophy in uncertain and constantly changing times<\/a>. Instead of letting circumstances control your emotions, Stoicism requires that you<\/em> control your emotions — regardless of the circumstances. Soldiers in combat face perhaps the most extreme example of uncertain and fluid environments. A quiet morning driving down a road can suddenly turn into chaos as a vehicle hits an IED. Brain damage, a lost limb, and a fallen comrade are often the result. While we’ve made great strides in helping our soldiers with cutting edge training in resilience<\/a>, could the ancient philosophy of Stoicism perhaps offer an additional tool in helping them navigate trials and setbacks? My guest on the podcast explored this question in her book Stoic Warriors<\/a>. <\/em>Nancy Sherman is a professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and has served as the distinguished chair of ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy. In today’s podcast we discuss Stoicism and the military mind as well as insights from her latest book Afterwar<\/a> <\/em>about the moral wounds soldiers face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve touched on Stoic philosophy a few times on the site. It’s certainly an appealing philosophy in uncertain and constantly changing times. Instead of letting circumstances control your emotions, Stoicism requires that you control your emotions — regardless of the circumstances. Soldiers in combat face perhaps the most extreme example of uncertain and fluid environments. 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