220721 What I learned in my studies this morning 2

Without it, nothing. 
The keystone of the whole arch. 

Pinnacle topper. 

Daily Stoic:

Cosmopolitanism is an underappreciated aspect of Stoicism. Even people who have learned a bit about the philosophy miss this part. 

Sure, they find the bits about "what is up to me and what is not up to me," and the Four Cardinal Virtues of wisdom, justice, courage, and temperance — those come up early in the works of major Stoics — but they stop there, at the end of the self-help section of Stoic thought. They never take the next step into understanding why it's important that we learn to control ourselves: so that we might be a benefit to ourselves, our family, our friends, our community, our country, and our world. 

Without this final touch, we're missing the whole fucking point. 

Today's Meditation:

Today's Meditation II:

Today's Meditation III:

Today's Music:

String Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96 ('American') 4: Finale: Vivace ma non troppo by Antonín Dvořák

Daily Shakespeare:

Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5 Scene 4