AudioStoa

Episodes

1. 22

   AudioStoa 21

   This week's episode features readings from Chap. 21 and 22 of Epictetus' Discourses, respectively entitled "Against those who wish to be admired" and "On precognitions". You may download the episode here.

   Mar 7, 2006
2. 21

   AudioStoa 20

   This episode features readings from Book 1, Chapter 20 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "How the reasoning faculty contemplates itself." Apologies for the delay, I didn't solve my GarageBand corruption issues but found a work-around that actually makes producing the podcast quicker (thereby...

   Mar 2, 2006
3. 20

   AudioStoa 19

   Back from a short hiatus, this week's episode features readings from Bk. 1, Chap. 19 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "How ought we to bear ourselves towards tyrants?". You may download the episode here.

   Feb 22, 2006
4. 19

   AudioStoa 18

   This week's episode features a reading from Chap. 18, Bk. 1 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "That we ought not to be angry with the erring." You may download the episode here.

   Jan 25, 2006
5. 18

   AudioStoa 17

   This week's reading is Chap. 17, Book 1 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "That the logical art is necessary", prefaced by a brief introduction on the importance of logic in the Stoa and on divination. You may download the episode here.

   Jan 16, 2006
6. 17

   AudioStoa 16

   This week's reading is taken from Epictetus's Discourses, Bk. 1, Chap. 16, entitled "On providence". It talks about, amongst other things, beards (!). You may download the episode here.

   Jan 10, 2006
7. 16

   AudioStoa 15

   The first episode of 2006 features a lovely short treatise taken from Bk. 1, Chap. 15 of Epictetus' Discourses entitled "What philosophy promises." You may download the episode here.

   Jan 4, 2006
8. 15

   AudioStoa 14

   This week's program features a short introduction on the doctrine of universal sympathy and its ethical implications, followed by the reading of Bk. 1, Chap. 14 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "That the Deity oversees all things". You may download the episode here.

   Dec 15, 2005
9. 14

   AudioStoa 13

   This week's episode features a brief excursus on conceptions of slavery and equality in Ancient Greece before proceeding with the reading from Bk. 1, Chap. 13 of Epictetus' Discourses, "How everything may be done acceptably to the Gods", which defends a radical conception of the latter. You may...

   Dec 8, 2005
10. 13

    AudioStoa 12

    This week's program features a reading from Book 1, Chapter 12 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "Of Contentment", a wonderful diatribe against, well, whining. You may download the episode here.

    Nov 29, 2005
11. 12

    AudioStoa 11

    This week's episode features an aptly-themed (for our American friends who are celebrating Thanksgiving, at least) reading from Book 1, Chapter 11 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "Of Family Affection". You may download the episode here.

    Nov 24, 2005
12. 11

    AudioStoa 10

    This week's episode features a small introduction, readings from Bk. 1, Chap. 10 of Epictetus' Discourses entitled "Against those who eagerly seek preferment at Rome" as well a personal anecdote of an unexpected encounter with Stoicism. You may download the episode here.

    Nov 15, 2005
13. 10

    AudioStoa 9

    This week's episode features readings from Book 1, Chapter 9 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "How from the fact that we are akin to God may a man proceed to the consequences." You may download the episode here.

    Nov 8, 2005
14. 9

    AudioStoa 8

    This week's program features readings from Book 1, Chapter 8 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "That the faculties are not safe to the uninstructed." In this discourse, Epictetus is arguing for the priority of the moral training (and the proper logical training it presupposes) to any other kind…

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    Nov 2, 2005
15. 8

    AudioStoa 7

    AudioStoa 7 features readings from Bk. 1, Chap. 7 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "Of the use of sophistical [actually, equivocal] arguments, and hypothetical, and the like", concerning the importance of the proper study of reasoning towards ethical inquiry. You may download the episode here…

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    Oct 4, 2005
16. 7

    AudioStoa 6

    AudioStoa 6 features readings from Ch.6, Bk. 1 of Epictetus' Discourses, entitled "Of Providence", which constitutes a diatribe on the topic of the beneficient order inherent to the rationally-ordered universe against those who would begrudge it. You may download the episode here. [Sorry for the...

    Oct 2, 2005
17. 6

    AudioStoa 5

    This week's program features readings from Epictetus' Discourses I.5, "Against the Academics". The Academic position Epictetus is railing against is a form of scepticism, which might surprise some, and so I briefly explain how such a position was conceivable. You may download the episode here or...

    Sep 19, 2005
18. 5

    AudioStoa 4

    AudioStoa 4 continues our exploration of Epictetus' Discourses. This week's program features readings from Book I, Chapter 4 of the Discourses entited "Of Progress or Improvement" introduced by a passage bearing on the same topic, chapter fourty-nine of the Manual. The small bit of conversation...

    Sep 3, 2005
19. 4

    AudioStoa 3

    AudioStoa 3 continues our series of readings of Epictetus' Discourses. This week's program features a short introduction to the history of the philosophical criticism of traditional Greek religion as well as the emergence of a certain consciousness of philosophy as a "divine enterprise" before...

    Aug 30, 2005
20. 3

    AudioStoa 2

    AudioStoa 2 continues the exploration of Epictetus' Discourses. This week, I introduce Disc. I.2, "How a man on every occasion can maintain his proper character" in the context of last week's reading, Disc. I.1, which concerned the vital distinction between those things which are within our…

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    Aug 23, 2005
21. 2

    AudioStoa 1

    AudioStoa 1 is the first part of a (long) series which will take us through Epictetus's Discourses. It features a (very) short introduction to the Discourses, the introductory letter from Arrian to Lucius Gellus, as well as Disc. I.1. You may download the postcast here. [Update: There was a…

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    Aug 17, 2005