This Is How They Will Learn
The Daily Dad
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4.6 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
"It was said for all the genius that Socrates possessed, Plato, and Aristotle, and all the sages who learned from him 'derived more benefit from the character than from the words of Socrates.' So it was too for Zeno and Cleanthes, the two earliest Stoic philosophers. 'Cleanthes could not have been the express image of Zeno,' Seneca would write, 'if he had merely heard his lectures; he shared in his life, saw into his hidden purposes, and watched him to see whether he lived according to his own rules.'"
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your |
| 0:14.1 | most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical |
| 0:20.3 | wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world. |
| 0:23.6 | Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps. |
| 0:31.6 | This is how they will learn. |
| 0:35.6 | It was said for all the genius that Socrates possessed, Plato and Aristotle, and all the sages who learned from him, derived more benefit from the character than from the words of Socrates. So it was for Zeno and Clianthes, the two earliest Stoic philosophers. |
| 0:52.9 | Clianthes could not have been the express image of Zeno, Seneca would |
| 0:57.1 | write. If he had nearly heard his lectures, no, he shared his life, sought into his hidden purposes, |
| 1:04.8 | and watched him to see whether he lived according to his own rules. Is there a better description, |
| 1:10.8 | a better bar to set for a father than this? |
| 1:13.8 | If you want to teach your kids, it's not going to be with words. It's not going to be with lectures. |
| 1:18.9 | You're going to need to let them into your life. You're going to need to show them that you live |
| 1:23.4 | according to the rules you're trying to tell them are important. And it's like we've totally forgotten |
| 1:28.9 | this. We think that the role of a teacher or a parent is to say the right things, but of course, |
| 1:33.7 | as always, our job is to do the right things. If you want to be a reader, as we've talked about, |
| 1:39.3 | you better show them what a reader looks like. Find books you can read and talk about as a family. If you want |
| 1:45.1 | them to be a hard worker, you have to let them see you be a hard worker and show them your work |
| 1:49.5 | and show them who you are at work. Give them a job you guys can do together. If you want them to be |
| 1:55.0 | generous and kind, then let them be a part of your generosity. Ask them if they want to help you pay for the meal of an old |
| 2:02.7 | veteran sitting alone on the other side of a restaurant. Ask them they want to bring their |
| 2:07.7 | leftovers to the homeless woman outside. If you want them to be grateful, make sure they hear |
| 2:12.9 | what you are grateful for. You want them to learn and you're going to have to show them today and every day. |
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