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Practical Stoicism

The Difference Between Wrong and Bad

Practical Stoicism

Evergreen Podcasts

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8662 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Great question from a Patron this week, and one that catches me out as speaking non-Stoically on a Stoicism podcast. Oh the shame! Don't forget to register for this weekend's free workshop with William Stephens (on Epictetus and the Dichotomy of Control). Do that here: https://actualstoicism.com/workshop -- #1 : Get rid of ads : https://practicalstoicism.supportingcast.fm #2 : Support my work : https://actualstoicism.com/support #3 : Read Actual Stoicism : https://read.actualstoicism.com #4 : Read Everyday Stoicism : https://everydaystoicism.com #5 : Read Uphill From Here : https://read.uphillfromhere.com #6 : Join the Discord : https://stoicismpod.com/discord -- Online copy of Meditations (George Long) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/meditations-long Online copy of Meditations (Meric Casaubon) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/meditations-casaubon Online copy of Meditations (A.S.L Farquharson) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/farquharson Online copy of Enchiridion (Elizabeth Carter) : https://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html Online copy of Seneca's Letters : https://link.stoicismpod.com/letters -- Check out Neurohacker's QualiMind at https://neurohacker.com/practical Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning, Perkowton.

0:51.5

I hope you are well.

0:53.0

The patrons have pressed me to answer a question that I'm afraid is going to expose a terrible truth.

0:59.1

Language in stoicism is difficult to be consistent with because when you're speaking with stoics, certain words mean certain things, but when you're speaking with non-stoics, so pretty much everybody else, those same words

1:14.3

mean different things. For example, if I tell you that my dog is a good dog and you're a stoic,

1:21.0

I've just called my dog a sage, a virtuous dog. But if you're just some random person who's not a stoic and I tell you my dog is a good

1:29.1

dog, you think I mean he's a pretty great dog, that I like a lot and who is well-behaved.

1:35.4

It's a real quagmire. But first, no new patrons this week, so I'm going to take a moment to

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