Allan John and What Is Stoicism (Episode 96)

“Stoicism is not so much an ethic as it is a paradoxical recipe for happiness.”Caleb speaks with Allan from What Is Stoicism about the practice of Stoicism as a philosophy of daily life.They discuss how they think about Stoicism, the work of Pierre Hadot, underrated ideas in Stoicism, and their Stoic practices.https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/https://whatisstoicism.com/what-is-stoicism/(00:33) Allan's Story(04:59) What Is Stoicism?(10:54) An Underrated Stoic Idea(18:18) Stoic Exercises(28:06) Widening The Domain of Being(31:48) Philosophy As Gardening(35:10) Refined Selfishness(39:55) Stoic Meditation***Subscribe to The Stoa Letter for weekly meditations, actions, and links to the best Stoic resources: www.stoaletter.com/subscribeDownload the Stoa app (it’s a free download): stoameditation.com/podIf you try the Stoa app and find it useful, but truly cannot afford it, email us and we'll set you up with a free account.Listen to more episodes and learn more here: https://stoameditation.com/blog/stoa-conversations/Thanks to Michael Levy for graciously letting us use his music in the conversations: https://ancientlyre.com/