Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for August 20th, “Where It Counts”. “Inwardly, we ought to be different in every respect, but our outward dress should blend in with the crowd.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.2 “Be different” -today’s advertisement industry claims- “by buying this”. As if defining yourself depended on the

The Daily Stoic for August 19th, “Corralling The Unnecessary”. “It is said that if you would have peace of mind, busy yourself with little. But wouldn’t a better saying be do what you must and as required of a rational being created for public life? For this brings not

The Daily Stoic for August 18th, “Only Fools Rush In”. “A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strongest. If you want their property, take it—take also their staff, profession, and body. But you will never compel what they

The Daily Stoic for August 17th, “The Buck Stops Here”. “For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it—my reasoned choice alone can do this to itself. If we would lean this way whenever we fail, and would blame only ourselves and remember that nothing but opinion

The Daily Stoic for August 16th, “Anything Can Be An Advantage”. “Just as the nature of rational things has given to each person their rational powers, so it also gives us this power—just as nature turns to its own purpose any obstacle or any opposition, sets its place in