The Daily Stoic

T December 19th HUMAN SCALE “Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about ...

T December 20th FEAR THE FEAR OF DEATH “Do you then ponder how the supreme of human evils, the surest mark ...

H December 21st WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR YOUR YEARS? “Many times an old man has no other evidence ...

M December 22nd STAKE YOUR OWN CLAIM “For it’s disgraceful for an old person, or one in sight of old age, ...

S December 23rd WHAT ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF LOSING? “You are afraid of dying. But, come now, how is this ...

H December 24th MEANINGLESS . . . LIKE A FINE WINE “You know what wine and liqueur tastes like. ...

O December 25th DON’T BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS “The mind must be given relaxation—it will rise ...

N December 26th LIFE IS LONG—IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT “It’s not at all that we have too short a time ...

D December 27th DON’T LET YOUR SOUL GO FIRST “It’s a disgrace in this life when the soul surrend ...

T December 28th ON BEING REMEMBERED “Everything lasts for a day, the one who remembers and the remembered.” —MARC ...

T December 29th GIVE THANKS “In all things we should try to make ourselves be as grateful as possible. Fo ...

T December 30th TAKING THE BITE OUT OF IT “To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its stren ...

T December 31st GET ACTIVE IN YOUR OWN RESCUE “Stop wandering about! You aren’t likely to read your own no ...

W STAYING STOIC e hope this book has lasted you a year (though we won’t fault you if you read through ...

L A MODEL OF LATE STOIC PRACTICE AND GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS AND PASSAGES ate Stoic thought of the second cen ...

Visit bit.ly/2dC85K1 for a larger version of this table. Adiaphora (ἀδιάφορα): indifferent things; neither good n ...

Apatheia (ἀπάθεια): passionless calm, peace of mind. In verb form, ἀπαθέω means to free from passion. ...

Daimôn (δαίμων): divine spirit within humans; our individual genius. Chrysippus held that a happy and well-flo ...

Eupatheia (εὐπάθεια): good passions or emotions (as contrasted with pathos), the result of correct judgment ...

says that every duty in life is a sum of acts that deserve methodical attention (6.26). Koinos (κοι ...