Hi LA Stoics
After the quick meeting yesterday, I am leaning towards a particular reading for the next meeting, but I still want to meet up with anyone who has thoughts on the matter today, Jan. 25th (at 12pm noon) on Google Hangout.
To join, use the following link and click “Join Meeting”: https://hangouts.google.com/call/2YH4GIR7ZH_c2_tww6BQAEEE
You don’t need to have a Google account. And if can’t use your video or microphone, you can just type messages to us in the meeting.
READING OPTIONS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER):
- Plato’s Dialogues (In particular, his Apology and/or Euthydemus) — the early dialogues are especially important to Stoicism
- Collected Fragments and Abridged Works of Greek Stoics
- Seneca’s Moral Letters or his Essays — maybe we can choose one of his essays that are popular (On Anger, On the Shortness of Life, etc.)
- Sayings and Lectures of Musonius Rufus — he was the teacher of Epictetus and his philosophy seems pretty similar (very practical)
- More Epictetus — that is, the Discourses which make up the rest of the book we used for the Enchiridion/Handbook
- Massimo Pigliucci’s How to Be Stoic — this is a intro to Stoicism using Epictetus as a guide
Feel free to suggest anything else
Keep an eye out for a post later today finalizing the reading.
Justin K.
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