The Four Stoic Virtues | Stoicism as The Art of Living

This video focuses on the four stoic virtues: courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom. Stoicism is a philosophy most popularly associated with Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.

The supreme goal being “living in agreement with nature”, allowing us to flow through life smoothly and with inner peace, flourishing as individuals and fulfilling our own human nature, achieving eudaimonia, commonly referred to as “happiness”, although a better translation would be “fulfilment”.

One of Stoicism’s main misconceptions is that it may seem cold-hearted or unemotional. This is simply not the case. In the beginning of Marcus’ Meditations, he spends a whole chapter reminding himself of the most important things about the most important people in his life, his family, and teachers.

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📚 Recommended Reading (High Quality and Best Translations)

▶ Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
▶ Discourses and Selected Writings - Epictetus
▶ Letters from a Stoic - Seneca

📚 Other Recommended Reading

▶ A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
▶ The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
▶ The Obstacle Is the Way
▶ How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

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The script was made possible thanks to posts, books & talks made by:

Ryan Holiday

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⌛ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
1:27 What is Virtue?
3:09 Courage
3:50 The Stoic in a Storm at Sea
5:38 Justice
6:42 Temperance
7:42 Dichotomy of Control
8:00 Wisdom

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[Eternalised]

Hope you enjoy this one! Please give it a like if you did

[spasticalien]

Finally a video that shows that Stoicism isn't self-obsessed. Thank you.

[satnamo]

Gratitude is das father of all virtues:
1. Wisdom
2. Courage
3. Justice
4. Moderation.

Therefore, when I wake up in de morning
I want to say to my self:

I am grateful and thankful for this glorious temple
that was given to me the day I am reborn;
my family, friends and teachers;
and another day to breath,
to think,
to love
and to enjoy.

[wd]

I truly appreciate the amount of work you've put in this content :) good job!

[jayabyss]

That's it. This is my philosophy.

[MG-bcng]

Increíble filosofía del Estoicismo. Gran video. Gracias por los subtítulos en Español.

[martinocanto]

It has been a pleasure to bump into your twitter account and finding this video, and such a coincidence because I've been reading a book about Philosophy's history (from Jaime Luciano Balmes), and he clearly misunderstood the Stoicism; he defined the stoic as an emotionless, impassable and even boring person. This video is so enlightening and enjoyable !! Good vibes

[ShardsofWisdom]

Wow, I just love your writing. So rich and it just flows! Pleasure to learn from you!

[joenichols]

As a Christian, its just wildly beautiful how the key Stoic virtues are the same as the key Christian virtues. It's just beautiful how different ways of thought, or different ways of the "truth" being revealed (such as Christ becoming man) all point to the same - it makes me very happy as I am a practicing Catholic and a bug admirer of not only Aurelius but the other Stoics.

[jonah]

Really great video! I love how well you summarized it

[raskolnikovman]

Love the variety of this channel! Great video

[shadwinfo]

Fantastic video, very well made. Thanks for this!

[enbilerfrainitiald]

Great video! very nice summary on the four stoic virtues

[Davlavi]

Love see more videos on this school of philosophy.

[rosscampb]

Brilliant video. Beautifully presented. I loved the way you included stories to illustrate the ideas. Very inspiring video, made me more admiring of the Stoics. Id love to see more videos on Stoicism. What about looking at stoicism in relation to modern society where its experienced a revival in recent decades.

[hamsummer]

Stoicism has a lot in common with Buddhism in their way of making sense of the “art of living.”

[megansally]

How can one obtain the transcript for the temperance part of the video? It’s beautifully put forward.

[stephenadams]

I imagine it might be more associated with Chrysippus had all his writings survived. Also I believe the 4 virtues date back to, at least, Socrates. Perhaps the pre-Socratics also had these concepts?

[noahroach]

I found this video hard to follow at times perhaps due to it’s rambling nature. Appreciate it nonetheless.

[godsgrannie]

Would it be rude to ask where you're from? I'm British and I just can't place your accent and it bugs me!