Why Is Virtue The Only Good?

Practical Stoicism

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Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Patreon supporter JC Howard asks a question about Virtue and specifically why it is the only good in Stoicism. I try my best to answer. -- #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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0:50.2	Welcome back for Kapton.
0:52.1	Today, we have a question from a Patreon supporter. That's J.C. Howard. Hey, J.C. How are you? That question is, as you might guess from the title of this episode, why exactly is Virtue the only good? What's the basis for that? It is a great question. It's central to Stoicism, of course, and I am happy to have a chance to try to explain it to you as I understand it.
1:15.4	But first, a big fat thank you to a few new patrons.
1:19.8	Thank you to Alessandro Voza. Happy to see you here, my dude.
1:23.5	Dan Hanna, Timothy Ruiz, B.D., which I will pretend means best dude, and David Metcalf.
1:31.9	Thanks to each of you. I appreciate you supporting my work, because without you, I would have to get a 40-hour-a-week, real job, as my father would undoubtedly refer to it, that would absolutely prevent me from publishing podcast episodes, writing articles,
1:45.6	running live events, and hosting live conversations around stoicism as frequently as I do.
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