Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for March 14th. “Self-deception is our enemy”. “Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception.” —DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23 Now this is an interesting topic. I think most of us fall into the

The Daily Stoic for March 13th. “One day it will all make sense”: “Whenever you find yourself blaming providence, turn it around in your mind and you will see that what has happened is in keeping with reason.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.17.1 Wow, it’s amazing how such a

The Daily Stoic for March 12th: “Seeing things as the person at fault does”: “Whenever someone has done wrong by you, immediately consider what notion of good or evil they had in doing it. For when you see that, you’ll feel compassion, instead of astonishment or rage. For you

The Daily Stoic for March 11th. “Living Without Restriction” “The unrestricted person, who has in hand what they will in all events, is free. But anyone who can be restricted, coerced, or pushed into something against what they will is a slave.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.128b–129a Today’s

The Daily Stoic for March 10th. “Find yourself a Cato”: “We can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect, by whose example it can make its inner sanctum more inviolable. Happy is