210707 What I learned in my studies this morning

Reading my daily

Philosophy, I'm struck by

The depth of it all.

Daily Stoic:

It's the difference between education and learning.

If I know the details of The Odyssey, but cannot explain the moral of the story, I have not understood the story.  Contrary, if I know the meaning of the story, but cannot explain what a cyclops is, I have still learned something.

Education is convincing the teacher you have retained (at least temporarily) what they said.  Learning is getting it.

I wish I'd known that truth earlier in life.

Today's Meditation:

From A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy

From A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine:

Chapter 22: Practicing Stoicism

Irvine ends his Stoic exploration with an examination of how Stoicism has helped his life, in hopes of inspiring others to give it a try.

Besides being armor against insults and misfortune mentioned previously, benefits Irvine has seen from employing Stoic practices include a lessening of material desires, a desire to push himself to always be better than he was before, refocusing his goals to be interior rather than exterior, and looking for ways to challenge his Stoicism so as to prove and improve it.

He was also able to use the advice from Marcus, Epictetus, Seneca, et al., to help his mother evaluate her life after a stroke.

Using Stoicism to pursue tranquility is a lifelong endeavour.  

Our remembering selves will find it worth our time.

Daily Shakespeare: