This was blogged previously today by the awesome blog Roasted Peanuts, which is steadily going through all the important Peanuts comics since the first one.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Stoic thought in Peanuts
I had in mind some more useful or thoughtful first posts, but this classic Peanuts strip seemed particularly relevant to stoic thought:
This was blogged previously today by the awesome blog Roasted Peanuts, which is steadily going through all the important Peanuts comics since the first one.
This was blogged previously today by the awesome blog Roasted Peanuts, which is steadily going through all the important Peanuts comics since the first one.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The New Stoic
A new blog is rarely a wise thing to write. It requires constant posting to stay relevant, and is rarely read.
This blog may serve more as a personal journal, which relieves me about worrying about readership. Or it may be useful to wider audiences. Marcus Aurelius wrote his Meditations as a personal journal, but it is read today by many, and is relevant to far more than just him.
I'm not a Stoic. I'm not anything. Just a guy trying to improve himself. Being tied down to one philosophy feels restrictive to me, but Stoicism has certain things going for it that are appealing: it seems compatible with my current viewpoints, which tend to value both enjoyment of what the world has to offer, and a restraint on my desires. I'll go into this more as the blog progresses.
This blog is called The New Stoic. I'm new to this philosophy. And stoicism seems fresh and relevant to the world. It's being viewed from a different angle now, and to us it looks new.
When I write, feel free to correct any mistakes I make, and educate me on matters I am ignorant about. I'll learn just by writing down my thoughts, but I'll learn more by discourse.
This blog may serve more as a personal journal, which relieves me about worrying about readership. Or it may be useful to wider audiences. Marcus Aurelius wrote his Meditations as a personal journal, but it is read today by many, and is relevant to far more than just him.
I'm not a Stoic. I'm not anything. Just a guy trying to improve himself. Being tied down to one philosophy feels restrictive to me, but Stoicism has certain things going for it that are appealing: it seems compatible with my current viewpoints, which tend to value both enjoyment of what the world has to offer, and a restraint on my desires. I'll go into this more as the blog progresses.
This blog is called The New Stoic. I'm new to this philosophy. And stoicism seems fresh and relevant to the world. It's being viewed from a different angle now, and to us it looks new.
When I write, feel free to correct any mistakes I make, and educate me on matters I am ignorant about. I'll learn just by writing down my thoughts, but I'll learn more by discourse.
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