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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Philosopher King

The Philosopher King

The Daily Stoic for July 9th, “The Philosopher King”. “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 8.33.32–34 When you have a look at today’s politicians,

Stop Monkeying Around

Stop Monkeying Around

The Daily Stoic for July 8th. “Stop Monkeying Around”. “Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are you troubled? What’s new here? What’s so confounding? The one responsible? Take a good look. Or just the matter itself? Then look at that. There’s nothing else

Our Duty To Learn

Our Duty To Learn

The Daily Stoic for July 7th: “Our Duty To Learn”. “This is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus—how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 88.

Slow Tourism

Slow Tourism

What is “slow tourism“? Before getting into that, let me describe you a memory from February this year. I and my partner traveled to Budapest to stay there for a month. Budapest is an amazingly beautiful city. It’s full of grand, majestic marvels of architectonic beauty. Our intention, nevertheless,

Rise And Shine

Rise And Shine

The Daily Stoic for July 6th: “Rise And Shine”. “On those mornings you struggle with getting up, keep this thought in mind—I am awakening to the work of a human being. Why then am I annoyed that I am going to do what I’m made for, the very

No One Said It'd Be Easy

No One Said It'd Be Easy

The Daily Stoic for July 5th. “No One Said It’d Be Easy”. “Good people will do what they find honorable to do, even if it requires hard work; they’ll do it even if it causes them injury; they’ll do it even if it will bring danger. Again,

Protect The Flame

Protect The Flame

The Daily Stoic for July 4th, “Protect the flame”. “Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don’t, you’ll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and