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The Daily Stoic

Aristotle on How to Tell Story

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Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

Education, 694393, Daily Stoic, Society & Culture, Stoic, Stoicism, Self-improvement, Business, Stoic Philosophy, Philosophy, Ryan Holiday

4.64.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode features an excerpt from How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers translated by Philip Freeman as part of Princeton University Press’s Anient Wisdom For Modern Readers series.

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Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic Podcast. On Sundays, we take a deeper dive into these ancient topics with excerpts from the Stoic texts,

0:21.4

audio books that you like here recommend here at Daily Stoic and other long form wisdom that you can chew on on this relaxing weekend.

0:32.4

We hope this helps shape your understanding of this philosophy and most importantly that you're able to apply it to actual life.

0:40.4

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0:42.4

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2:03.4

Bringing you today, a chunk from Princeton University Press's ancient wisdom for modern readers series which I have loved and raved about.

2:18.4

There's a bunch of them here at the painted porch. There are all these beautiful colorful little additions collections, the best stoic thinking on a bunch of different topics.

2:27.4

And then there's some other wonderful ones from Plutarch and Salist and Soutonius and all the different ancient Roman typically Latin writers.

2:35.4

But there's also some some others. I love it. And in today's this is a translation not from a Latin thinker but from Aristotle.

2:45.4

This is a chunk from Aristotle's poetics. The first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding stories.

2:53.4

Everything we know about how to craft and tell a story in some ways traces back to Aristotle even my decision for instance to break up the obstacle ego stillness and now courage and discipline these books into these three parts.

3:08.4

I got that advice from Stephen Pressfield and where does Stephen Pressfield get it? It gets it from Aristotle. And in today's episode translated by Philip Freeman from this audiobook how to tell a story.

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