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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

medicine for the soul

""Don't return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment. Regarding it this way, you'll obey reason without putting it on display and rest easy in its care."—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.9

The busier we get, the more we work and learn and read, the further we may drift. We get in a rhythm… we drift further and further from philosophy. Eventually this neglect will contribute to a problem—the stress builds up, our mind gets cloudy, we forget what's important…

Return to the regimen and practices that we know are rooted in clarity, good judgment, good principles, and good health. Stoicism is designed to be medicine for the soul. It relieves us of the vulnerabilities of modern life. It restores us with the vigor we need to thrive in life. Check in with it today, and let it do its healing."

— The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
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2 comments:

  1. The theories of philosophy offer us a sense of comfort. It gives us a way to explain the things happening around us. By looking into the many different theories that philosophy is based on it can alleviate stress by giving our minds bigger things to consider. We look at philosophy and we are reminded that we are only a tiny piece of the amazing world we live in.

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  2. In agreement with this post, I believe we, as humans get caught up in a strict tunnel vision that doesn't allow ourselves to "smell the roses" and take some time to cherish it. The theory of Stoicism promotes this thought and reminds to take a breather when studying the immense vastness of the universe we reside in.

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