Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for June 28th. “No Self-Flagellation Needed”. “Philosophy calls for simple living, but not for penance—it’s quite possible to be simple without being crude.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.5 It’s no secret I’ve always disliked the Christian religion. One of my main problems with

The Daily Stoic for June 26th. “Adversity Reveals”. “How does it help, my husband, to make misfortune heavier by complaining about it? This is more fit for a king—to seize your adversities head on. The more precarious his situation, the more imminent his fall from power, the more firmly

The Daily Stoic for June 26th. “Try The Opposite”. “What assistance can we find in the fight against habit? Try the opposite!” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.27.4 I find today’s Daily Stoic to be quite interesting. During our teenage years, we all want to fit in. We are scared

The Daily Stoic for June 25th. “The Wise Don’t Have Problems”. “This is why we say that nothing happens to the wise person contrary to their expectations.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 13.3b Today’s stoic excerpt seems to me like the part of yesterday’s stoic I

The Daily Stoic for June 24th. “The Truly Educated Aren’t Quarrelsome”. “The beautiful and good person neither fights with anyone nor, as much as they are able, permits others to fight . . . this is the meaning of getting an education—learning what is your own affair and what is not.

The Daily Stoic for June 23rd. “The Long Way Around”. “You could enjoy this very moment all the things you are praying to reach by taking the long way around—if you’d stop depriving yourself of them.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 12.1 This is one of those stoic teachings