Brittany Polat on Living as a Stoic (Episode 60)

Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on Maven [http://stoameditation.com/course] In this conversation, Caleb speaks with Brittany Polat [https://twitter.com/brittanypolat]. She's has done excellent work teaching and promoting the ideas of Stoicism through her books [https://amzn.to/44C2Tvu], blog [https://stoicismforhumans.substack.com/], and Stoicare [https://www.stoicare.com/], so we're always happy to have her on. In this conversation, we talk about what we can learn from monasteries, how to think about Stoicism & accountability, what Epictetus believed about the Cynics, and the Stoic attitude towards beauty. Stoicism for Humans [https://stoicismforhumans.substack.com/] (01:41) Introduction (03:11) Ethical Development (09:15) Determinism and Accountability (16:55) Learning From Medieval Monks (21:19) Medieval Monks on Meditation (29:40) Beauty (33:39) Epictetus on the Cynics (38:54) Devotion (42:56) Learning To Live Naturally *** Subscribe to The Stoa Letter for weekly meditations, actions, and links to the best Stoic resources: www.stoaletter.com/subscribe [http://www.stoaletter.com/subscribe] Download the Stoa app (it's a free download): stoameditation.com/pod [http://stoameditation.com/pod] If you try the Stoa app and find it useful, but truly cannot afford it, email us and we'll set you up with a free account. Listen to more episodes and learn more here: https://stoameditation.com/blog/stoa-conversations/ Thanks to Michael Levy for graciously letting us use his music in the conversations: https://ancientlyre.com/