This Drove Me Away from Stoicism

A Systematic Critique of Stoic Philosophy building off of Nietzsche's Gay Science and Cicero's Definibus Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr... If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io Companion lectures and interviews: Lecture on Marcus Aurelius' Meditations:    • Think Like a Philosopher King | Stoic Wisd...   Tad Brennan on Stoic Religion:    • Why Stoicism Doesn’t Work Without God | Ta...   Tad Brennan on Stoic Determinism:    • What Everyone Gets Wrong About Stoicism | ...   AA Long on Epictetus:    • The Slave Who Was Free | Berkeley's AA Lon...   Katharina Volk on Stoicism:    • Stoicism is a Coping Mechanism | Katharina...   Further Reading: Cicero's Definibus: https://amzn.to/4n7TmXb (Affiliate) Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 03:01 1. Pop Stoicism 15:43 2. Up to You 29:29 3. Virtue-Only 30:24 3.1 Virtue-Only: Outcome of Actions Don't Matter 33:53 3.2 Virtue-Only: Type of Virtue Doesn't Matter 37:53 3.3 Virtue-Only: The Type of Vice Does Not Matter 42:39 3.4 Virtue-Only: Stoicism vs. Aristotle 44:45 3.5 Virtue-Only: Critique of Suicide 47:35 3.6 Virtue-Only: Length of Life Does not Matter 49:51 3.7 Virtue-Only: Preferred-Indifferents 55:41 4. Human Nature 01:01:06 4.1 Human Nature: Transition from Non-Rational to Rational 1:05:50 5. Cosmic Nature 01:13:27 6. Conclusion