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Five Lessons From Seneca

If you're new, Subscribe! → https://bit.ly/2GkAPHx Stoicism is an ancient Greek school of philosophy of Hellenistic period which was founded by Zeno of Citium circa 300 B.C in Athens as a refinement of Cynicism, which teaches about self-control and courage, fortitude to be exact, as a way of reducing negative emotions. It’s a philosophy of life that centers on positive emotions, and helps individuals to sharpen their morals of character. At any moment, in any situation, and at any stage of life, Stoicism provides guidelines for living well. It is a reminder to people of what is actually important, providing practical strategies to get more of what is valuable. Stoicism was created to be easy to understand, follow and implement. Practicing Stoicism doesn’t require learning an entirely new philosophical lexicon or meditating for hours a day. Instead, it offers an immediate, useful and practical way to find peace and improve one’s strengths of character. The leaders of stoic philosophy came from very vast backgrounds, from one being a slave to another being an emperor, one was merchant, one was a playwright, but what they all had in common was the philosophy that they all practiced.no matter whatever the work they were doing for the world, they focused mainly on what was in their control: their own thoughts, emotions and beliefs. Some of the most renowned stoics include Zeno the founder of Stoicism, Rufus, Seneca and many more. SENECA THE YOUNGER: Probably one of the most noticeable and prominent stoic in history was Seneca. Born in Spain, He pursued a career in politics and became a financial clerk in Rome around First Century AD. His life took a sharp turn when he was exiled to Corsica for a decade by Claudius the emperor due to the accusation of adultery with the emperors niece and was recalled at the condition of tutoring a young boy, Nero, son of Claudius, who was to become Emperor one day. LESSONS FROM SENECA: Out of all the remarkable work Seneca left behind for us, following are some of the key ideas and lessons we can extract for us to understand what message he wanted to deliver that might be useful for us today. 1) KEEP CALM: There is nothing more harmful than a state of being out of control, or so Seneca argued in his essay On Anger. He wrote: "the best plan is to reject straightway the first incentives to anger, to resist its very beginnings, and to take care not to be betrayed into it: for if once it begins to carry us away, it is hard to get back again into a healthy condition, because reason goes for nothing when once passion has been admitted to the mind, and has by our own free will been given a certain authority, it will for the future do as much as it chooses, not only as much as you will allow it. The enemy, I repeat, must be met and driven back at the outermost frontier-line: for when he has once entered the city and passed its gates, he will not allow his prisoners to set bounds to his victory." 2) LEARN TO BE CONTENT AT ONE SPOT: A lot of people believe reaching a certain place will bring them happiness and help them get rid of their problems. They are never content with what they have in the moment rather always restless about where they have to be in the next moment and this is what false assurity to bring peace to oneself feel like. In reality, true happiness and peace resides in one’s own self and heart and how one perceives the world. 3) SEEK YOUR OWN APPLAUSE: It is in human nature to seek approval of others. Sometimes in order to please others, we often overlook our own happiness and peace and lose our own identity along the way. No matter what we do, we can never please others 100 percent. Hence why we should always put our own satisfaction first and then take others opinions into consideration. We need to live a life according to our own personal code of ethics and morals. 4) LEARN FROM CHALLENGES: In Seneca’s essay On Providence he responded to the ever present problem of evil: why do bad things happen to good people if the universe is organized in a providential way? As a Stoic, Seneca did believe that the universe was organized by a rational and providential power pervading all of nature. He argued that many of the things that people usually count as adversities ought instead to be seen as benefits. We’d all prefer to be healthy rather than sick, but, the Stoics claimed, it is still possible to enjoy a good life even when sick, so long as one has a virtuous character. 5) LIVE MODESTLY: Too many people, Seneca observed, waste a huge part of their lives in the pursuit of wealth that they’ll never have the time to enjoy. Not only will they work tirelessly to acquire it, they’ll then become anxious about losing it. #5LessonsFromSeneca #Seneca #Stoicism