{"id":64856,"date":"2017-06-27T22:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T03:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=64856"},"modified":"2026-10-08T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:43:10","slug":"stoicism-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/stoicism-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #316: An Introduction to Stoicism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interest in Stoicism has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Yet despite the increasing popularity of this ancient philosophy, misconceptions still abound about it. For example, many people assume that to be Stoic means to not feel or express any<\/i> emotion, including happiness, and that Stoicism requires one to live a bland and spartan lifestyle. My guest on the show today debunks these myths, and shows that Stoicism can actually enrich our lives and allow us to experience real happiness. His name is Bill Irvine and he\u2019s a professor of philosophy and the author of A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In our discussion, Bill shares the origins of Stoicism and how the Romans modified Greek Stoicism to fit their culture. We then get into specific Stoic practices you can implement today to start improving your life. Bill shares the power of negative visualization, how to approach things you have some, but not complete control over, and how to purposely inject discomfort into your life to increase your grit<\/a>. Bill then explains the Stoic duty of socializing and how to maintain your Stoic serenity even with the most difficult of people. We then discuss what the Stoics would have thought of political correctness and microaggressions and some of the critiques of Stoicism.<\/p>\n

If you’ve been wanting to understand Stoicism more, but haven’t known how to get started, this podcast is a great introduction and is packed with not just background information but actionable advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interest in Stoicism has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Yet despite the increasing popularity of this ancient philosophy, misconceptions still abound about it. For example, many people assume that to be Stoic means to not feel or express any emotion, including happiness, and that Stoicism requires one to live a bland and spartan lifestyle. 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