[View HandBook] The ancient stoics believe that the universe is governed by the “logos” – a force that keeps the universe in an orderly and rational way. It exists in the universe at a cosmic level such as the force that keeps planets rotating around the sun as well as at the atomic level and the way…
Every element in the universe follows a sense of order from atoms and molecules to the rotation of heavenly bodies in galaxy. Dimitri Mendeleev realized that elements behaves in an “orderly” way so he arrange them into periodic table so that elements that have the same properties are grouped in the same column. Isaac Newton develop the three laws of motion to describe how objects behave under the influence of external force acting upon them.…
One of the techniques used by ancient Stoics to build inner peace is to know what things you can and can’t control. When troubled by thoughts or emotions from a circumstance, Stoics evaluates if they can influence a particular situation or not. If they do, they will take full responsibility into it and if not there is no reason to even think about it and just left it to the gods and nature. The sphere of…
On of the common practice of Stoicism is premeditatio malorum which basically means expecting the bad things that can happen in any event. For the stoics, its a way of preparing for the worst. As a result, a lot of people question whether this practice is a form of pessimism. A pessimistic person cannot help but think of a negative series of events on a particular situation. For a simple health issue for instance, a pessimistic person…
Premeditatio Malorum is a stoic exercise of expecting of terrible things to happen at any given time. I think for the most part anger came from an unrealistic view of a perfect world – that everything happens in our way. It came from setting up high expectation of the world such as everybody should have the same political views that we have, that all people are given fair treatment etc. The Stoics believe that life…