The More You Learn, The Less You Know
The Daily Stoic
Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures
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🗓️ 30 April 2021
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“It’s wonderful that you are so committed to this philosophy that you get these emails, and you have read these books. You probably know more about Stoicism than most people alive, and probably more than most people who have ever lived (being that most people knew nothing). You certainly know more today than you did yesterday or a year ago.”
Ryan explains the paradox that you come across as you gain more knowledge, and launches the new Stoicism 101 course, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.
Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy For Your Actual Life is a 14 day course designed to teach you what you do not yet know. It includes: 14 custom emails delivered daily (over 20,000 words of all-new content, 5 live video sessions with bestselling author Ryan Holiday, Printable 14 Day Calendar With custom daily illustrations to track progress, A group Slack channel for accountability and community sharing, and more! Sign ups begin today but close on Sunday, May 2 at 11:59 PM CST. The course will begin on May 3. Sign up now at dailystoic.com/101
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoic podcast early and add free on Amazon music download the app today |
| 0:12.3 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength insight in wisdom |
| 0:21.2 | Every day life each one of these passages is based on the 2000 year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women |
| 0:28.7 | For more you can visit us at dailystoic.com |
| 0:34.1 | The more you learn the less you know |
| 0:36.8 | It's wonderful that you are so committed to this philosophy that you get these emails and you have read these books |
| 0:42.4 | You probably know more about stilicism than most people alive and probably more than most people who have ever lived |
| 0:50.0 | Being that most people knew nothing about it. You certainly know more today than you did yesterday or a year ago |
| 0:56.5 | Good for you, but that also means that you should be familiar with who the stilics admired most |
| 1:03.0 | Socrates the man who knew how little he actually knew the man who is far more interested in asking questions than in assuming |
| 1:10.8 | He knew the answer |
| 1:11.8 | It wasn't that Socrates wasn't smarter particularly well versed in philosophy |
| 1:16.8 | It's precisely because he was so wise that he knew how much there was left to learn the more we think we know about |
| 1:24.0 | Because the lyric from the rush-song the greater the unknown |
| 1:28.4 | Whereas they say in physics as your island of knowledge increases |
| 1:32.4 | So does the shoreline of ignorance |
| 1:35.3 | Philosophy and physics are similar in that way the more you're exposed to the more immense the picture becomes |
| 1:41.1 | The more impossible it is to ever fully comprehend all of it |
| 1:45.0 | We can't learn that which we think we already know epic teedis reminds us |
| 1:49.7 | We must always keep our minds open. We must not be prideful at how far we've come |
| 1:54.8 | We should be humbled by the distance that looms in front of us |
| 1:58.7 | So we must never think that we have arrived only that we remain on a journey to which there is no end |
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