Seneca: Of Tranquillity of Mind - (My Narration)

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  • @VoxStoica
    @VoxStoica  5 лет назад +7

    My recording of Practical Stoicism on Audible:
    geni.us/PracticalStoicism
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    I: 0:16
    II 10:23
    III: 21:11
    IV: 26:17
    V: 31:05
    VI: 34:22
    VII 36:36
    VIII: 40:48
    IX: 45:40
    X: 50:49
    XI: 55:44
    XII: 1:04:29
    XIII: 1:09:07
    XIV: 1:09:46
    XV: 1:15:19
    XVI: 1:18:50
    XVII: 1:21:21

    • @ramaraksha01
      @ramaraksha01 Год назад

      Today's Philosophers are useless
      Putin says, "Believe in me, support me & be rewarded or else!"
      And everyone agrees that Putin is pure evil, his supporters are scum
      But change the name Putin to God & repeat the very same words
      and now we get "Praise the Lord!"
      And not one modern philosopher can see this because well, they are brainwashed as well
      Just blind readers of ancient books written by old white men

  • @OfCourseICan
    @OfCourseICan 2 года назад +41

    It's never too late. Discovering Stoicism at nearly 70 has been one the greatest things in my life.
    Thank You for uploading this and I just love all the comments.

  • @alejandrolynch2834
    @alejandrolynch2834 5 лет назад +27

    Invaluable contribution to the spread of culture and philosophy. Thanks a lot!

  • @SYNTAX_ERA
    @SYNTAX_ERA 2 года назад +10

    Senecas letter to Lucilius about time is a poetic masterpiece.

  • @MrArth13
    @MrArth13 4 года назад +131

    "All life is slavery. Let each man, therefore, reconcile with his lot. Complain of it as little as possible and lay hold of whatever good is within his reach"

    • @rsdanilovich9510
      @rsdanilovich9510 3 года назад +1

      Very well said and to the point.

    • @Vho-Tshavhungwa
      @Vho-Tshavhungwa 3 года назад +4

      born free, but he is everywhere in chains," Rousseau

    • @SpecialEdDHD
      @SpecialEdDHD 2 года назад +1

      Easy to say if you weren't one of the actual slaves lol.

    • @naysayer1238
      @naysayer1238 2 года назад +4

      @@SpecialEdDHD [yawn]

    • @AftabKhan-th3pc
      @AftabKhan-th3pc 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@SpecialEdDHD Epictetus was a slave and still a stoic

  • @notoftheworld6905
    @notoftheworld6905 5 лет назад +47

    This is a gem which should be deemed mandatory reading for today’s overly indulgent, modern society.

    • @MarioFlogar
      @MarioFlogar 3 года назад +1

      You lost

    • @jecsquire9508
      @jecsquire9508 3 года назад +2

      @@MarioFlogar Those thst hold true to their character and nature do not lose, for all things are temporary, and all things must die. It falls to a man of good character to control his own actions and words, and to review his thoughts frequently until the hour of his death.

    • @Pleebian94
      @Pleebian94 3 года назад +2

      @@jecsquire9508 and accepts the things he has no control over should not have control of himself and his inner temple of the self.

    • @jecsquire9508
      @jecsquire9508 3 года назад

      @@Pleebian94 True words, aptly spoken.

    • @mikewallis2987
      @mikewallis2987 2 года назад

      The ownership simply will not abide that.

  • @pablomarionette6160
    @pablomarionette6160 2 года назад +3

    This is turning out to be my favorite stoic work of literature! Thanks for the fantastic presentation Robin!

  • @Lighthouse_Wisdom
    @Lighthouse_Wisdom 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing this content of Seneca's thoughts on tranquility of mind. It's fascinating to dive into his reflections on battling vices and finding contentment. His words resonate deeply, reminding us to navigate life's complexities with introspection and moderation. Truly a timeless wisdom worth pondering.

  • @nonnywinner5039
    @nonnywinner5039 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for uploading and sharing.
    Peace, health, happiness, freedom, thankfulness, self reliance and self actualization my key to fulfilling Iife.

  • @SERGE_Tech
    @SERGE_Tech 4 года назад +23

    He should just consider making more content. Maybe even expand his team with another narrator as good as him or better.
    This channel is just too good, we should maybe help him.
    Who’s with me?

  • @raginald7mars408
    @raginald7mars408 2 года назад +3

    as a German Biologist and Pythagorean ... in essence it is about - Mastery. When I know what I always can do, perform in which circumstances - and when NOT. When I have to surrender to a challenge. Even facing Death. Knowing - I did as much as I could do in my life so far. Then I have this constant unshakable Peace of Mind. The Stoics in Essence are about achieving every day the level of mastery - that I have the capacity to do. This ARETE sense of Life is totally lost today. We overstimulate with Adventures and drugs - to get the highest kick - not seeing - what a waste that is. Not even doing any business with any such Life wasters. That is wisdom and Mastery to me. The rarest person to meet - as they do their daily work. Yesterday - I met such a Lady - 96 years old and mentally top alert and fit. A pleasure !

  • @TylerDurden1976
    @TylerDurden1976 5 лет назад +104

    Best books on stoicism? 10 days thc free, 3 days tobacco free. It’s beautiful

    • @kasvo1199
      @kasvo1199 5 лет назад +22

      3 days thc free 2 days tobacco free . want to break these chains of ilussion that keep me captive . ty for sharing

    • @TylerDurden1976
      @TylerDurden1976 5 лет назад +23

      romeo vukas right on brother. 22 days thc and 15 tobacco. Still going strong no turning back. Attacking life

    • @aperson4470
      @aperson4470 4 года назад +11

      1 day thc free 0 days tobacco free but ill get there also meditations by marcus aurelius is a good stoic book

    • @TylerDurden1976
      @TylerDurden1976 4 года назад +28

      A Person 125 days thc, 118 tobacco free today. Keep it up

    • @pantsenfuego9986
      @pantsenfuego9986 4 года назад +30

      3908 days tobacco free, 0 minutes THC free

  • @waynekieft4952
    @waynekieft4952 3 года назад +7

    While everyone is stuck on their phones,real beauty and the most important things in life are going unseen.

  • @KatyWantsToGo
    @KatyWantsToGo 5 лет назад +19

    When I become king, it will be because I learned to live as such sages recommend...

  • @antpoo
    @antpoo 5 лет назад +6

    He just described my mental state 100% since my workplace accident.

  • @cormoranlee
    @cormoranlee Месяц назад

    Your work is much appreciated Sir

  • @frankcowan6625
    @frankcowan6625 5 лет назад +9

    Thanks
    I love this thinking.

  • @jll5568
    @jll5568 5 лет назад +8

    Writing is chocked full of interesting book/movie titles..."Inheritance On The Road To Ruin"

  • @fulcrum6406
    @fulcrum6406 4 года назад +1

    ~ Excellent ! thanks to you, Robin Homer.

  • @TheLocoUnion
    @TheLocoUnion 4 года назад +17

    A man once insulted me, instead of getting angry, I simply killed him. 😂

    • @oliviaalmonds2255
      @oliviaalmonds2255 2 года назад +1

      🤣

    • @tongpoo8985
      @tongpoo8985 Год назад +3

      The stoic ideal. You were faced with a situation and simply dealt with it 💪😤

  • @kasulebriankalule2129
    @kasulebriankalule2129 Год назад +1

    What a gem!

  • @MagnumInnominandum
    @MagnumInnominandum 3 года назад +1

    A lovely reading. Thx for that.

  • @malikialgeriankabyleswag4200
    @malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 4 года назад +7

    1:15:20 yet here we are, 2000 years later and humanity shackled with the same follies. No doubt we've had gradual improvements in not being evil af.. But military technology has improved many multiples faster.. so we have more dangerous weapons in fewer hands.. The problem is just as bad.. But maybe 2000 years is a small measuring stick relative to posterity 🤷‍♂️ and we should keep up the fight for future generations just as if we could benifit from its fruits

    • @Catonius
      @Catonius 3 года назад

      people are *more* evil these days old chap.

    • @malikialgeriankabyleswag4200
      @malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 3 года назад +1

      @@Catonius I've realized that in the past year 😂

    • @Catonius
      @Catonius 3 года назад +1

      @@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 lol good man

  • @rodion472
    @rodion472 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you Robin

  • @shimaalcarrim7949
    @shimaalcarrim7949 2 года назад

    I love this channel

  • @reddinginvisalign
    @reddinginvisalign 2 года назад +1

    Great information extremely valuable

  • @andrewhitman2086
    @andrewhitman2086 2 года назад +6

    If I had a wish it would be to have been exposed to this when I was quite young

  • @robertburnett5561
    @robertburnett5561 5 лет назад +35

    Such fine language is sort of a shock in today's vulgar acceptance of poor behavior and words.

    • @llpo9627
      @llpo9627 4 года назад

      As men ceased to blush at the fact of having a body, they also ceased to be frightened of using their brains. - P. 106 the sleepwalkers by Arthur koestler

    • @rsdanilovich9510
      @rsdanilovich9510 3 года назад +2

      Yes, you are spot on. We have lost our civility.

  • @vmiximv
    @vmiximv Год назад

    Your additions are great fissions

  • @martinarreguy2984
    @martinarreguy2984 Год назад +1

    Seneca, although he did not live by his thoughts or words; having said that, it would be incontrovertible to argue the truth and genius in what he wrote. Beautiful pros. And highly understood.

  • @multirichardb
    @multirichardb 3 года назад +1

    Aristotle created a mathematical process called syllogistic reasoning, this process cleans through everything. We are complete in every fashion now, exactly like the letter A, or number 1, both are integers, complete total, and whole. As are we as the individuation of our whole universe, nothing is missing, this is where syllogistic reasoning works breaking through all our bullshit until we perceive this identity in our essence or Christ, spirit which is our essence. Our minds are created in mathematical logarithm, syllogism's cut through as mathematical poetry.

  • @justinrudolph7232
    @justinrudolph7232 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you!

  • @jamesthewarrior693
    @jamesthewarrior693 4 года назад

    Thank you 🙏🕉💜🌍

  • @nickcalling9695
    @nickcalling9695 5 лет назад +4

    Great narration, would you ever do Musonious Rufus?

  • @SuperPenguin5495
    @SuperPenguin5495 Год назад +1

    40:50 - Diogenes

  • @mrrrokas
    @mrrrokas 5 лет назад +6

    It is a shame that Manace should be able to live without Diogenes, but Diogenes should not be able to live without Manace

  • @daverichardson596
    @daverichardson596 3 года назад

    1:11:15
    possibly inspired Nathan Hale "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

  • @SERGE_Tech
    @SERGE_Tech 4 года назад +1

    My parter has extreme difficulty fallowing this content. Is there a watered down version? I am helping her interpret but it’s not enough... Is there a lighter version or steps in preparation before someone consumes your content?

    • @peteroreilly8060
      @peteroreilly8060 3 года назад

      It is what it is, you can't water it down without loosing the whole meaning, take the trouble to learn, it will be worth the effort.

    • @MarioFlogar
      @MarioFlogar 3 года назад

      Don't even worry about it

  • @fraidoonw
    @fraidoonw 3 года назад

    thanks again!

  • @samuelacheampong6772
    @samuelacheampong6772 3 года назад +2

    Hello I hv been following your audios especially those on Seneca I I think you are doing a great job. My question is how do we know Seneca actually said these words. I mean are there documents with original Seneca’s hand writing?

    • @ArrowGent
      @ArrowGent 3 года назад +4

      most if not many were transcribed by christian monks after the fall of the roman empire. this is true for most extant works today. without the monk scribes re-writing these scrolls multiple times they would have been lost. so i would say very few BCE works would ever be found hand written by their authors after so many years.

    • @samuelacheampong6772
      @samuelacheampong6772 3 года назад

      Thank you

  • @lricher11
    @lricher11 4 года назад

    Just love you!!!

  • @becksternew1742
    @becksternew1742 4 года назад

    If someone gives me a reason to see these I will, is there a book one?

  • @thelastgeneration1926
    @thelastgeneration1926 4 года назад +1

    42:00 is funny. It sounds like he's singing 🤣

  • @prabuddh_mathur
    @prabuddh_mathur 5 лет назад +2

    the voice is amazing as someone who is a freshman in both stoicism and in audiobooks it is very easy. congo you just earned a sub. also is this a british accent?

    • @VoxStoica
      @VoxStoica  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Prabuddh Mathur. Yes it's a British accent, London/RP accent

    • @prabuddh_mathur
      @prabuddh_mathur 5 лет назад

      @@VoxStoica Thanks a lot sir for your audiobooks at first it was hard but now I have made it.
      Your accent was bit different for me for the first 2 audio books now it's all fine.
      Also I have been practicing your morning routine.
      It's amazing and now I'm getting used to it.
      Thanks a lot for introducing stoicism especially Seneca to me.

    • @prabuddh_mathur
      @prabuddh_mathur 5 лет назад

      @@VoxStoica love from India.

  • @epicureandisipline820
    @epicureandisipline820 4 года назад +1

    “The inventor of wine is called liver” yea right 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @BN-fi9wi
    @BN-fi9wi 5 лет назад +3

    Every time you read Roman or Greek philosophy, it becomes clearer that coincidence played no role in their empire's success in achieving utopias.

    • @Catonius
      @Catonius 2 года назад

      shittest shit take that ever took a shit in a comment section. Bravo. Unless by 'achieving utopias' you mean gathering loads of taxes.

  • @jc-meza
    @jc-meza 2 года назад

    7:57 Note to myself
    17:15
    31:07

  • @DJSTOEK
    @DJSTOEK 5 лет назад +2

    💘

  • @antarcticabear6883
    @antarcticabear6883 5 лет назад +14

    my boi Diogenes

    • @DanyIsDeadChannel313
      @DanyIsDeadChannel313 5 лет назад +1

      Stupid cynic

    • @wordtothebigbird
      @wordtothebigbird 4 года назад +1

      He was a horrible person, masturbating in public is all I needed to read to close the his Wikipedia page and never seek his story again

  • @freakinElvis
    @freakinElvis 4 года назад +3

    Rare to watch a you tube video that commands a pen and paper lol

  • @fraidoonw
    @fraidoonw 5 лет назад

    thanks!

  • @meowbigdong763
    @meowbigdong763 2 года назад

    How old is the book?

  • @liammurphy2725
    @liammurphy2725 2 года назад

    My best mate is Seneca's 'Dismal man'.

  • @dgfhgshfsgf
    @dgfhgshfsgf 2 года назад

    1:04:40

  • @SuperPenguin5495
    @SuperPenguin5495 Год назад

    49:00 livrary

  • @AfroInsight
    @AfroInsight 3 месяца назад

    @1:11:35 Based Canus!! 😂

  • @uli5591
    @uli5591 4 года назад

    Great

  • @aaronjohnstone2800
    @aaronjohnstone2800 2 года назад

    Done

  • @mw33213
    @mw33213 2 года назад

    35:59

  • @truongcahanh8915
    @truongcahanh8915 5 лет назад +1

    6:01

  • @arnavkmr3895
    @arnavkmr3895 3 года назад

    20:00

  • @iananderson8288
    @iananderson8288 10 месяцев назад

    14:00

  • @soobright
    @soobright 2 года назад

    72:12 Julius Cannes even has the ring of JESUS CHRIST to the name…HE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A PATTERN FOR THE WISEMAN

  • @parkaahparkaah821
    @parkaahparkaah821 5 лет назад

    Good

  • @metalema6
    @metalema6 4 года назад

    He says to do what you want
    But if a kid wants to eat poison or touch a snake, should he be free to do so? Isn't it the right thing to avoid doing what you want, in favour of what's better for you?
    I guess the point is changing what you want into what's better for you, so that you will do it without wavering?

  • @truongcahanh8915
    @truongcahanh8915 5 лет назад

    12:58

  • @spanishlarc31
    @spanishlarc31 4 года назад +2

    Who would downmod this

  • @truongcahanh8915
    @truongcahanh8915 5 лет назад

    9:00

  • @quackattack1119
    @quackattack1119 4 года назад +1

    Bro... How in the hell did I get here??

  • @akshaykagade5829
    @akshaykagade5829 3 года назад

    Guys I am not able to focus while listening

    • @9_Lights
      @9_Lights 3 года назад +2

      Is this common for you? The wording in this is not easy to digest, it helps me to take my time digesting it.

    • @MarioFlogar
      @MarioFlogar 3 года назад

      Write another comment

  • @poppymetcalfe8298
    @poppymetcalfe8298 5 лет назад

    10:29

  • @danielraypickrel4316
    @danielraypickrel4316 5 лет назад +2

    A silent mind lest rechecked.

  • @soobright
    @soobright 2 года назад

    Julius Cannes is who they referred to as JESUS

  • @leemac7480
    @leemac7480 4 года назад

    Lee Mcvey

  • @amgdex8398
    @amgdex8398 3 года назад

    0

  • @ArrowGent
    @ArrowGent 3 года назад

    epistulae morales this is not.

  • @DeathBringer9000
    @DeathBringer9000 3 года назад

    lol Seneca didnt understand sarcasm

  • @SpecialEdDHD
    @SpecialEdDHD 2 года назад

    So if you were one of the slaves, I guess 'complain of it as little as possible and lay hold of whatever good is within reach' Okay Master Seneca. Thank you.

    • @atlasatc
      @atlasatc 2 года назад +2

      Man, was Epictetus not a slave? Let him then be an example to you.

  • @suckapow5808
    @suckapow5808 4 года назад +2

    Needs more subscribers

  • @vozestoica8436
    @vozestoica8436 4 года назад +1

    Plutarc Master

  • @SuperPenguin5495
    @SuperPenguin5495 Год назад

    1:04:10

  • @vondas1480
    @vondas1480 7 месяцев назад

    38:25

  • @truongcahanh8915
    @truongcahanh8915 5 лет назад

    18:40