Zen Stoic Path Show

In this episode, we discuss the Stoic concept of "sympatheia" which shows us how true success is cultivated through mutual benefit
- Maximize opportunities in life by treating others well and fairly.

Show Notes

  • Chrysippus The Fighter: Philosophy as “a cultivation of rightness of reason.”
  • Stoicism is “a philosophy of endurance and inner strength- of transcending one’s limits and measuring oneself against a higher internal standard” -Lives of The Stoics, Ryan Holiday
  • "Runners in a race ought to compete and strive to win as hard as they can, but by no means should they trip their competitors or give them a shove. So too in life; it is not wrong to seek after the things useful in life, but to do so whole depriving someone else is not just.” -Chysippus.
  • Part of Chrysippus’s ethical breakdowns was the development of Stoicism’s concept of Sympatheia. This was rooted in Zeno’s belief that we all belong to one common community. 
  • “Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe.” -Marcus Aurelius
  • Remember human beings are made for each other.
  • If it’s bad for humanity it’s bad for us.
  • “Be strict with yourself, and patient with others.” -Marcus Aurelius 

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