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Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life PodcastBook Launch: How to Think Like SocratesListen to our live How to Think Like Socrates book launch from 19th Nov. Phil Yanov was kind enough to send me this recording of the event.Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Thanks for reading Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life at donaldrobertson...2024-11-232h 00
Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life PodcastHow Stoicism can Save DemocracyThis special episode contains a live recording of my recent talk for Conversations with Modern Stoicism, hosted by Phil Yanov. We were celebrating Marcus Aurelius’ birthday, and I spoke at length about what I think we can learn from ancient Greece about the dangers faced by democracy, and how Socrates and the Stoics could help us. I was speaking live from Athens, the birthplace of democracy. Thanks to Phil Yanov, for providing the audio recording for this podcast episode.Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my...2024-05-0933 min
Tech After FiveEp 220 How to Tech Like a Roman EmperorToday, Scott Pfeiffer and Phil Yanov interview Donald Robertson, author of “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor” for the Tech After Five podcast. Let me say… we are both excited about this. Robertson’s book was one of our favorite reads of last year and Phil says he's read the book several times now. "What does that have to do with tech" you might ask. We think that tech, and IT specifically, is one of the fastest moving parts of our society. It’s really easy for us to be put in positions where we might find oursel...2020-06-1255 min