The Stoic Jew Shiur #03: Stoic Values vs. Jewish Values (Meditations 2:1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 1 hour 10 minutesSynopsis: This evening (7/10/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we achieved our goal of finishing our analysis of the opening entry of Book II. After reviewing and continuing what we did last time, we raised a question that has bothered me for years: Judaism has a clear statement about what our ultimate value system is, but what is the underlying value system in Stoicism? We then analyzed the final argument in the chapter and concluded by reading the chapter we'll cover next time. I'm really glad we spent three sessions on this! Not only did we emerge with a clearer understanding of the particulars, but we also discussed a lot of fundamentals!-----מקורות:Aurelius - Meditations 2:1 (trans. Long, Farquharson, Waterfield)Robin Waterfield – Marcus Aurelius Meditations: The Annotated Edition, Introduction (pp.xl-xli)רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ט:א-בירמיהו ט:כב-כגאבות ג:ברמב"ם - אבות ד:ד-----The Torah content for the first half of July has been sponsored by Rachayl with “a heartfelt thank you.” Summer is now fully underway! In addition to my new Stoic Jew Shiur (Wednesday nights from 8:00-9:30pm EDT) and my relaunched Rambam Bekius podcast, I will be writing more substack articles over the next two months, some of which will be exclusively for paid subscribers. If you appreciate my writing, my recorded content, and my free Zoom shiurim and would like to support what I do, consider becoming a paid subscriber on the Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack today!-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you. If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissInstagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/The Stoic Jew Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.comMachshavah Lab Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.comMishlei Podcast: mishlei.buzzsprout.comRambam Bekius Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.comTefilah Podcast: tefilah.buzzsprout.comBlog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/WhatsApp (where I post my content and announce my classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharelSupport the show