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Stoic framework fuses logic, ethics, and psychology. Learn how the Stoic’s cultivated their minds.
The ancient Stoics created a method to explore human thought and behaviour. They combined psychology and epistemology. From the mechanics of decision-making to the nature of knowledge, their insights offer a timeless roadmap for anyone yearning to navigate life’s complexities with wisdom. Intrigued? Journey with us through the Stoic garden of logic, where the soil nourishes the fruits of ethics, all safeguarded by the sturdy fence of sound reasoning.
The Garden
The Stoics found a fitting illustration for their life philosophy in the tranquil realm of a symbolic garden. The fruits on the branches represent ethics. Ethics guide our goals, decisions, and interactions. Beneath these fruitful limbs, the soil flourished, representing the realm of physics — a vital understanding of the world’s mechanics, extending into science, metaphysics, and even theology. A strong fence surrounded the garden, keeping out irrationality and flawed reasoning with logic.
Ethics, the fruits of this cultivated space, included moral judgments, life aspirations, and our…
