Tag: philosophy
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Why the Stoicism Trend is Good for National Security
This article first appeared at my Substack, Officium: Stoicism and Military Service. If this kind of information is useful to you, you might check it out. I first encountered Stoicism in Nimitz Library at the Naval Academy. I was killing time between classes, avoiding a lab report when I happened across James Stockdale’s lectures on Epictetus.…
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Video: The Stoic Knife
For anyone wondering why there’s a giant knife on the cover of my book: At 17 minutes, it’s pretty short, but this presentation I recently did for the Modern Stoicism organization pretty much covers it.
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Be Like the Purple Thread
Epictetus, Discourses 1.2: …that’s why, when Florus was considering whether he should attend Nero’s show to perform some part in it himself, Agrippinus said to him, “Go!” And when Florus asked him, “then why aren’t you going yourself?” he replied, “Because I’ve never even considered it. For as soon as anyone begins to consider such…
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The Stockdale Interview
The ideal leader is, always and everywhere, an ideal person. Leaders demonstrate what “right” looks like. Whether you are a chief, an officer, or simply a mom or a dad, those who look up to you will take on aspects of your personality and behavior, like it or not. What qualities are you transmitting? CIMSEC’s…
William C. Spears 