Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for December 8th, “Don’t Hide From Your Feelings”. “It’s better to conquer grief than to deceive it.” —SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 17.1b Throughout this stoic journey, one of my main gripes about stoicism has been its apparent suppression of emotions. However, I have

The Daily Stoic for December 7th, “The Cards We’re Dealt”. “Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it

The Daily Stoic for December 6th, “The Sword Dangles Over You”. “Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. What’s fated hangs over you. As long as you live and while you can, become good now.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.17 The Sword of Damocles, commonly

The Daily Stoic for December 5th, “The Benefits Of Sobering Thoughts”. “Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that seems terrible—by doing so, you’ll never have a base thought nor will you have excessive desire.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 21 In January the 1st, we

The Daily Stoic for December 4th, “You Don’t Own That”. “Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person’s own—but those things that can’t be blocked are their own.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.3 The other day, I was reading about nomads

The Daily Stoic for December 3rd, “The Philosopher Is An Artisan Of Life And Death”. “Philosophy does not claim to get a person any external possession. To do so would be beyond its field. As wood is to the carpenter, bronze to the sculptor, so our own lives are the