Don’t Be Scared By Things Like This | 10 Stoic Parenting Tips
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🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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You might think that the Stoics were above silly things like superstitions. After all, these were rational folks, serious people. Certainly, they wouldn’t believe in ghosts, right? They wouldn’t have time for something as juvenile as a ghost story, would they?
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And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan talks parenting goals, the most important role philosophy can play in all of your lives is in guiding the example you set for them. In the principles you embody. In the standards you hold yourself to. This is the area in which you can have true multi-generational impact.
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| 1:19.3 | designed to help you in your everyday life. On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these |
| 1:24.7 | stoic ideas, how we can apply them in our actual lives. Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:37.6 | Don't be scared by things like this. You might think that the stoics were above silly things like |
| 1:43.1 | superstitions. After all, these were rational folks, serious people. Certainly, they wouldn't |
| 1:48.7 | believe in ghosts, right? They wouldn't have time for something as juvenile as a ghost story, would they? |
| 1:54.8 | Well, as it happens, we do have a ghost story involving the stoics, one that has been passed down |
| 1:59.7 | for more than 2,000 years. In fact, it involves a Theanodorus, a fascinating, but little-known man |
| 2:06.3 | who I'd profile in lives of the stoics. As an advisor to the Emperor Augustus, a Theanodorus was |
| 2:12.0 | living in a large mansion that was purported to be haunted. On the very first night in the house, |
| 2:17.3 | a Theanodorus was visited by a ghost, was clapped in the irons and dragging heavy chains. |
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