How Stoicism Can Help Make Health Care Better
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 30 July 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
As Epictetus said, “the philosopher’s classroom is like a hospital,” so, too, can Stoic philosophy help improve the halls of medicine and the people who practice there. This was the premise of a talk that Ryan gave to a group of doctors and surgeons in February 2023, during which he applied ancient philosophy to what they do so selflessly day-in and day-out.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic podcast. |
| 0:08.2 | On Sundays, we take a deeper dive into these ancient topics with excerpts from the Stoic |
| 0:13.3 | texts, audio books that we like here recommend here at Daily Stoic, and other long form |
| 0:20.7 | wisdom that you can chew on on this relaxing weekend. |
| 0:25.5 | We hope this helps shape your understanding of this philosophy, and most importantly, |
| 0:30.2 | that you're able to apply it to your actual life. |
| 0:33.6 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:38.0 | Hey, it's Ryan. |
| 0:48.6 | Welcome to a weekend episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast. |
| 0:53.1 | One of my favorite things to do. |
| 0:55.1 | Well, I wouldn't say favorite, but I always get excited when I'm talking to a group |
| 1:00.7 | of people whose line of work lines up with the Stoics, but maybe they don't think it |
| 1:06.7 | lines up with the Stoics, and I get to take ancient philosophy and connect it to what they |
| 1:10.8 | do. |
| 1:11.8 | Like if I'm talking to a bunch of athletes or coaches I want to show how, you know, when |
| 1:17.4 | we think of philosopher, we don't think athlete, but actually in the ancient world philosophy |
| 1:22.0 | and athletics were much more connected than we might think, or if I'm talking to the |
| 1:27.0 | military, right? |
| 1:28.0 | What are the connections? |
| 1:29.0 | How do we learn from some of the Stoic warriors of the past? |
| 1:33.7 | What can they teach us or teach them about their line of work? |
| 1:38.4 | And you might not think Stoics and medicine would have much of a connection, but of course |
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