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Stoa Conversations: Stoicism AppliedMemory Palaces and Stoic Eating with Andrew Perlot (Episode 197)How memory and diet shape your character. Andrew Perlot , former journalist and health coach, explains why the Stoics obsessed over both.(00:00:56) What Stoicism is and why Andrew is drawn to it(00:05:32) Favorite Stoic philosophers(00:09:00) Diet and Stoicism(00:21:10) Why religious groups like Seventh Day Adventists succeed with diet(00:24:30) Shame vs virtue in food choices(00:29:20) Practical tips: simple foods and fasting(00:33:24) Stoicism and memory(00:39:40) Why the Stoics literally meant "memorize this"(00:43:00) How to remember: Method of Loci(00:48:40) Memory as forcing function...
2025-08-1952 min