Being a Buddhist there are philosophies I have been trying to live by for the last twenty years And I can see the resemblances to stoicism . I have fallen down many times and feel by Listening to your lecture I can see the areas where I can really improve my way of life Thanks to your lecture. The Way is in my hands

that was a beautiful introduction to Stoicism. I Just started using it to stop smoking and it will work, because i actually control it!

Massimo is so good that even the marcus aurelius reencarnation(in green) agrees with him 12:25

i discovered i was a stoic this year. have been most of my life. i had to accept the life i was born into and realize it was up to me to enter the doors of my new life i grew into.

Massimo has one of the best lecture styles of all the profs I have ever encountered I have listened to all of his downloads Stoicism and others many times and always learn something which improves my life. Thank you M

I am just so glad we have Massimo Pigliucci :) By the way, I think that the evening meditation also helps one to learn to value what is really one's own, and measure happiness by it. So, falling asleep you don't think how nice it was to have won a lottery, but how nice it was to have conducted yourself in a certain way. Thus gradually learning to derive one's happiness from one's own actions. I would know - traveled back in time and read some Chrisyppus, well, no - just a guess.

is that mark manson?

Very practical philosophy although when generally used.. that word means you are not sure , its just a belief..however I found this philosophy to be very practical and could be quite easily practiced in day to day life.

Thank you!

Thank you M I needed a reboot

Best talk ❤️

A great talk....

Dude in black in the back looks a bit tense.

ok book, I recommend it

I remember the folks from The Painted Porch podcast mentioning Massimo's tattoo... turns out to be a thing :)

I am reposting here my thought. I like Stoicism but Buddha is incomparable. I have read many works of Pigliucci. I really enjoyed them but I found him little bit biased or misunderstanding towards Buddha. Or is he being so called Graeco-Roman civilization revivalist?. He does not remark anywhere how Indian philosophies might have influenced Graeco-Roman Philosophies including Stoicism. India and Greece had been connected directly or indirectly long before Alexander, the Great. Some Neo-Pythagoreans have written that Pythagoras had visited India. After Alexander, India and Greece had political, cultural and marital relationships. By the 3rd Century BC, we see some Greek Buddhist monks, by the 2nd century BCE we see Indo-Greeks as patron of Buddhism. I think the Greek surname Bautista is derived from Buddhist. The Father of Church, Clement of Alexandria called Buddha as Boutta. Later Roman empire had great trade relationship with India.

The man sitting next to the witch taking notes about we are social beings 😂😂

bbbest

Yo, is that a witch!?

Dichatomy of control Negative visualization Amar fati Cosmopolitan Memento mori

I generally refer to Stoicism as "Rough around the edges Taoism"

I'm back again for a reboot Don't like the latest lecture too too glitzy for my taste

Nelson mandela ?Thats enough

Life is meaningless we just make the most of being alive

Who is the cute boy picking his eyes and hair and making faces the whole time haha

I didn't know a female Where's Waldo existed that holds a water bottle in the air like a jack ass.

The first problem "THE THIRD SOUND WAS UMMM" WTF IF YOU CANNOT KEEP YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT DONT FUCKIN SPEAK!!

Well well well! You spent the first 5 minutes speaking arrogantly and disparagingly to the people around you. This is unacceptable. I'm not going to watch this and i'm stopping at 5:09. You should've been more humble, you great philosopher!