Arthur Brooks’ Ultimate Philosophy Masterclass (PT. 1)
The Daily Stoic
Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
What are you missing by only seeing the world through one philosophy? In this masterclass, Arthur Brooks and Ryan walk through the biggest schools of thought and reveal how they fit together in a way most people never see.
Join Arthur on March 27 for a free live workshop -- along with his friends Rainn Wilson, Hoda Kotb, Chip Conley, Simon Sinek, Andrew Yang, Maria Shriver, Dan Buettner, and Chris Williamson. Together, they will deconstruct the 'Meaning Gap' and share the raw, unscripted truths about finding purpose in a chaotic world. You can register here.
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Arthur Brooks is a social scientist and one of the world’s leading authorities on human happiness. He is a Harvard professor, columnist with The Free Press, host of the podcast Office Hours, CBS News contributor, and internationally acclaimed public speaker. His previous books have been translated into dozens of languages and include the bestsellers Build the Life You Want (co-authored with Oprah Winfrey), From Strength to Strength, and Love Your Enemies.
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| 1:19.0 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom |
| 1:29.2 | into the real world. |
| 1:34.1 | Hey, it's Ryan. |
| 1:35.3 | Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast. |
| 1:39.3 | Maybe you can hear that. |
| 1:40.4 | I'm in my office and my kids are stomping around upstairs, making quite a bit of noise. |
| 1:45.1 | So I will keep today's episode short because I want to get right into it. |
| 1:49.9 | It's with one of my absolute favorite people to nerd out about philosophy, someone who has |
| 1:54.5 | done a whole hell of a lot to bring practical philosophy of all different types from all different schools to a huge audience, |
| 2:03.5 | mostly through his column at the Atlantic and then through his best-selling books, |
| 2:07.9 | including one he recently did with Oprah called Build the Life You Want. |
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