Today's lesson · The curriculum
101 weeks of Stoic practice
Each week takes one theme in the morning and the Stoic concept behind it in the afternoon. The first eight weeks are the on-ramp; after that, the order is deliberately mixed. Every lesson is a passage, a reflection, a practice, and a reading.
The Foundations
- Week 1What Is in Your Control The Dichotomy of Controlthis week
- Week 2Living According to Nature Living in Agreement with Nature
- Week 3Building Character Virtue as the Only Good
- Week 4The Good Life Eudaimonia — Flourishing
- Week 5Mastering Desire and Aversion The Discipline of Desire
- Week 6Freedom from Anger The Discipline of Assent
- Week 7Accepting What Happens Amor Fati — Loving Your Fate
- Week 8The Shortness of Life Memento Mori
The Full Curriculum
- Week 9Endurance Resilience
- Week 10Work and Duty Role Ethics
- Week 11Simplicity Natural and Unnecessary Desires
- Week 12Humility and Ego The View from Above
- Week 13Philosophy as Medicine Therapy of the Soul
- Week 14Making Better Choices Reasoned Action
- Week 15Justice and Service Dikaiosyne — Justice
- Week 16Letting Go of Outcomes Action Without Attachment
- Week 17Speaking Less, Speaking Better Right Speech
- Week 18Desire Without Slavery The Discipline of Desire
- Week 19Justice in Action Cosmopolitanism
- Week 20The Banquet of Life Take What Is Offered
- Week 21Friendship and Loyalty Oikeiosis
- Week 22Our Bonds with Others Oikeiosis
- Week 23Service and Community Brotherhood of Humanity
- Week 24Finishing Well As a Ripe Fruit Falls
- Week 25Facing Fear It Is Our Judgments, Not Things
- Week 26Constancy in Fortune and Loss An Even Mind
- Week 27The Ideal of the Sage The Sophos — the Sage
- Week 28Loss and Consolation All Things Are on Loan
- Week 29Moral Courage Andreia — Courage
- Week 30Speech and Silence Guarding the Tongue
- Week 31The Roles We Are Given The Actor and the Play (Role Ethics)
- Week 32The Practice of Reflection Evening Review
- Week 33The Power of Habit Hexis — Habituation
- Week 34Living According to Nature Stoic Virtue (Arete)
- Week 35Training Through Hardship Askesis — Voluntary Hardship
- Week 36Patience with Others Human Nature
- Week 37Duty and Right Action The Cardinal Virtues
- Week 38You Are Not Your Body A Little Soul Carrying a Corpse
- Week 39Adversity as Training The Reserve Clause (Hupexhairesis)
- Week 40The Emptiness of Fame The Oblivion of Glory
- Week 41Living in the Present Prosoche — Attention
- Week 42Morning Preparation Setting Intentions
- Week 43Reputation and Approval Indifference to External Opinion
- Week 44The Power of Pause Examining Impressions
- Week 45Generosity and Benefits Beneficence
- Week 46Seeing Things Clearly Objective Judgment (Phantasia Kataleptike)
- Week 47Fear of the Future Premeditatio Malorum
- Week 48The Work of Progress The Prokopton — Making Progress
- Week 49Reverence for the Cosmos Eusebeia — Piety
- Week 50Your Work as a Human Being Kathekon — Appropriate Action
- Week 51The Constancy of Change Panta Rhei — Universal Flux
- Week 52Peace of Mind Apatheia & Ataraxia
- Week 53The Obstacle Is the Way The Discipline of Action
- Week 54Emotional Balance Apatheia
- Week 55Fairness Toward Others Justice (Dikaiosyne)
- Week 56Self-Command Enkrateia — Self-Command
- Week 57What Is in Our Power The Dichotomy of Control (Prohairesis)
- Week 58Preparing for the Day The Morning Meditation
- Week 59Leadership Without Ego Service to the Whole
- Week 60The Art of Living Phronesis — Practical Wisdom
- Week 61Pleasure and Restraint Sophrosyne — Temperance
- Week 62Humility and Not-Knowing Socratic Ignorance
- Week 63Facing Death Calmly Nature's Cycle
- Week 64Inner Freedom Autarkeia — Self-Sufficiency
- Week 65Solitude and the Inner Retreat The Refuge Within
- Week 66Bearing Pain Karteria — Endurance
- Week 67Loss and Attachment Impermanence
- Week 68Integrity and Wholeness Being One, Not Seeming
- Week 69Courage in Daily Life Fortitude (Andreia)
- Week 70Handling Insults Contempt for Praise and Blame
- Week 71Discipline of Attention Prosoche
- Week 72Citizen of the World Kosmopolites — World-Citizenship
- Week 73Time and Priority Using Life Well
- Week 74The View from Above Sympatheia & the View from Above
- Week 75Indifference to Reputation Adiaphora — Indifferents
- Week 76The Mind as a Citadel The Hegemonikon — Ruling Faculty
- Week 77Discipline Over Motivation Daily Practice (Askesis)
- Week 78Remember You Will Die Memento Mori
- Week 79Time and How You Spend It Time, Our Only Possession
- Week 80Overcoming Envy Focusing on Your Own Character
- Week 81Choosing Your Response The Space Between Impression and Action
- Week 82Gratitude and Enough Autarkeia — Self-Sufficiency
- Week 83Wisdom in Judgment Practical Wisdom (Phronesis)
- Week 84Wealth and Externals Preferred Indifferents
- Week 85The Simple Life True Wealth Is Wanting Little
- Week 86Beyond Hope and Fear Free of Hope and Fear
- Week 87Self-Respect Integrity
- Week 88Examining Yourself The Evening Review
- Week 89Pain and Discomfort Separating Sensation from Judgment
- Week 90Contentment Enoughness
- Week 91The Inner Citadel Moral Independence
- Week 92Wealth and Possessions Preferred Indifferents
- Week 93Living with Uncertainty Acceptance of Providence
- Week 94Freedom from Envy An End to Comparison
- Week 95Dealing with Difficult People They Err from Ignorance
- Week 96Forgiveness Ignorance as the Root of Wrongdoing
- Week 97Gratitude for the Present Present-Moment Awareness
- Week 98A Stoic Life The Four Cardinal Virtues
- Week 99Mastering Impulse Self-Command (Enkrateia)
- Week 100Anxiety and Control Future Events as Indifferents
- Week 101Facing Hardship Voluntary Discomfort