http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/ Stoic Practice Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:11:18 GMT feelosofree http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/649 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/649 GOOD VS EVIL Let's Consider that goodness, growth, and being kind to one another, is a superior force over the force of destruction, death, and being mean to Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:07:25 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/648 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/648 They seem to be appropriate questions to me, Jason. The happiness which we are pursuing is complete, continual happiness. It is analogous to the state of Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:55:52 GMT ~JM~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/647 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/647 I'm not a philosopher which will probably explain my silly questions... If the end that you are pursuing is where happiness is, I have to ask, have you spoke Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:29:51 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/646 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/646 Hi Jason, In the common sense of the word, sometimes I have feelings of happiness, but not often. I've been encouraged by my Stoic studies. Happiness, in the Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:12:01 GMT ~JM~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/645 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/645 Has the stoic practice made you happy? Peace, Jason ... true ... do. ... impressions." ... and ... (_kathekon__) ... errror ... elaborate Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:04:53 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/644 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/644 Hi J, The duty of Stoics is to perfect their rationality, endeavoring to become virtuous, and thereby happy. This is done by perfecting one's judgments: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:56:54 GMT ~JM~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/643 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/643 do stoics practice? Thanks, j ____________________________________________________________________ http://feileadhmor.blogspot.com/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:53:19 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/642 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/642 Hi betterdays, I'm sorry that you did not receive a proper welcome, or answers to your questions. Since I don't know where you're at with the questions right Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:54:23 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/641 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/641 I've recently had some recurring unpleasant impressions; actually, I've been getting the first one for quite some time. I've been waiting for my County's 3 yr. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:18:34 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/640 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/640 Impressions ask us questions (Discourses, III, 8, 1-2). http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/discourses.3.three.html#588 I've had these unpleasant impressions and Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:37:47 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/639 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/639 The primary exercise in Stoic practice is managing our inner dialogue and making correct judgements about the impressions that we receive. We should constantly Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:38:33 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/638 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/638 In the interest of restarting and maintaining a conversation about Stoic practice, I am proposing that we narrow our focus to the Stoicism and teachings of Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:06:27 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/637 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/637 The Stoics must have viewed art, and specifically tragedy, and its use, much differently than Aristotle did. Epictetus, Discourses, Bk. 1, Ch. 4. But the other Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:11:37 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/636 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/636 You may have been following the discussion of compassion on the Stoic forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoics/message/19749 I want to talk about compassion Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:07:23 GMT Dave Kelly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/635 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stoic_practice/message/635 Hello, The articles of the Stoic Voice Journal no longer reside on the Internet proper, but are collected in the files of the svssubscribers Yahoo Group! That