Third Day of Stoic Christmas

Practical Stoicism

Tanner Campbell

Self-improvement, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0	Hello, William Stevens.
0:05.1	How are you?
0:06.2	Hello, Tanner Campbell. I'm very well. How are you?
0:09.1	I'm doing well. It's day three of Stoic Christmas. Are you excited?
0:15.1	Yes. Yes, I am.
0:17.2	You were making commentary about my very carefully illustrated AI artwork in the background of our video feed right now.
0:25.9	And you pointed out that it doesn't snow on the Athenian coast.
0:30.3	No, no.
0:31.6	I think global warming is to blame for that.
0:33.9	Certainly it happened in ancient times, right?
0:38.2	Mediterranean is well known for its ski slopes and winter sports.
0:43.3	Well, I mean, in the mountains, right? So, you know, yeah, up in the mountains in the north, they would have snow, but around Athens and southern Greece, around the coast, no way. Much too warm.
0:55.2	Show me your jumping weights and your bobsled.
0:59.8	That's the full quote.
1:01.6	It's a bogg.
1:02.5	Yes, yes.
1:04.2	Very good.
1:05.1	Okay.
1:05.5	So in day three of Stoic Christmas,
1:09.0	we are going to talk about,
1:10.5	please say the word for me because I can't do it, William, please say it. Prohiris. Prohiris. Prohiris. Yes. Okay. We're going to, which is our ability to choose or not choose, right? Do you want to clarify the definition for us before we start talking about it? Yeah. So this is a term in Epictetus that he really coined, I mean, the word existed before him,
1:32.1	and Aristotle uses it, but in a different sense.
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