How Emerson Can Help You Become a Stoic Nonconformist

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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When we think about Stoic philosophers, we typically think about the thinkers of ancient Greece and Rome, like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. But my guest, Mark Matousek, says there was an incredibly insightful Stoic philosopher who lived on the American continent in more modern times: Ralph Waldo Emerson. Matousek is the author of Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life, and today on the show, he shares how Stoicism and Transcendentalism overlap and how you can use Emerson's Stoic philosophy to become a nonconformist. We discuss the lessons you can learn from Emerson on developing self-reliance, embracing the strengths of your weaknesses, trusting your own genius instead of imitating others, gaining confidence from nature, compensating for the difficulties of relationships through the joy of deeper connections, living with greater courage, and more.

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0:00.0	For Atmike here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.0	When we think about stoke philosophers, we typically think about the thinkers of ancient
0:15.0	Greece and Rome, like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.
0:17.8	But my guest, Mark Matusik, says there was an incredibly insightful stoke philosopher
0:22.8	who lived on the American continent in more modern times, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
0:27.8	Matusik is the author of Lessons from an American Stoke, how Emerson can change your life.
0:32.6	To the show, he shares how stoicism and transcendentalism overlap and how he can use Emerson's
0:37.0	stoke philosophy to become a non-conformist.
0:39.8	We discuss the lessons you can learn from Emerson on developing self-reliance, embracing
0:43.5	the strengths of your weaknesses, trusting your own genius instead of imitating others,
0:47.9	gaining confidence from nature, compensating for the difficulties of relationships through
0:51.9	the joy of deeper connections, living with greater courage and more.
0:56.2	To show his over, check out our show notes at a-wim.ias-Emerson.
1:16.6	Alright, Mark Matusik, welcome to the show.
1:19.4	Thanks a lot, it's great to be here.
1:20.9	So you got a new book out called Lessons from an American Stoic, how Emerson can change
1:25.3	your life?
1:26.3	And this is about the great American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
1:31.4	I'm curious, how did you discover Ralph Waldo Emerson and how did he change your life?
1:38.4	I was in the first year of graduate school and I was having a very bad time in my life.
1:44.9	I couldn't find my direction.
1:46.8	I felt lost in academia.
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