221: Stoic Paradox 1: Virtue is the Only Good

This week we visit the writings of Cicero. In his book Stoic Paradoxes Cicero describes six aspects of Stoic philosophy that seem to be false when you first hear them, but make sense when you understand the philosophy. See Massimo Pigliucci's summary of the Paradoxes. https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/ciceros-stoic-paradoxes/

This week we look at paradox 1: Virtue is the Only Good.

Make it practical: list the items in your life that society would call a good that the Stoics would not. Describe how your relationship to these indifferents can be a means of practicing virtue.

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