The Daily Stoic - The More You Learn, The Less You Know

Episode Date: April 30, 2021

“It’s wonderful that you are so committed to this philosophy that you get these emails, and you have read these books. You probably know more about Stoicism than most people alive, and probably more than most people who have ever lived (being that most people knew nothing). You certainly know more today than you did yesterday or a year ago.”Ryan explains the paradox that you come across as you gain more knowledge, and launches the new Stoicism 101 course, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.Stoicism 101: Ancient Philosophy For Your Actual Life is a 14 day course designed to teach you what you do not yet know. It includes: 14 custom emails delivered daily (over 20,000 words of all-new content, 5 live video sessions with bestselling author Ryan Holiday, Printable 14 Day Calendar With custom daily illustrations to track progress, A group Slack channel for accountability and community sharing, and more! Sign ups begin today but close on Sunday, May 2 at 11:59 PM CST. The course will begin on May 3. Sign up now at dailystoic.com/101***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow Daily Stoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The more you learn, the less you know. It's wonderful that you are so committed to this philosophy that you get these emails and you have read these books. You probably know more about stilicism than most people alive and probably more than most people who have ever lived, being that most people knew nothing about it. You certainly know more today than you did yesterday or a year ago. Good for you. But that also means that you should be familiar with who the Stoics admired most. Socrates, the man who knew how little he actually knew, the man who is far more interested in asking questions

than in assuming he knew the answer. It wasn't that Socrates wasn't smarter, particularly well versed in philosophy. It's precisely because he was so wise that he knew how much there was left to learn. The more we think we know about, goes the lyric from the rush-song, the greater, the unknown.

Whereas they say in physics, as your island of knowledge increases, so does the shoreline of ignorance. Philosophy and physics are similar in that way. The more you're exposed to, the more immense the picture becomes, the more impossible it is to ever fully comprehend all of it. We can't learn that, which we think we already know, epictetus reminds us. We can't learn that which we think we already know, epicotetus reminds us. We must always keep our minds open. We must not be prideful at how far we've come. We should be

humbled by the distance that looms in front of us. So we must never think that we have arrived only that we remain on a journey to which there is no end. Which is why we must keep learning and keep asking. is no end, which is why we must keep learning and keep asking. And that's why we created Stoicism 101, ancient philosophy for your actual life. This course, Stoicism 101, is a 14 day course designed to cheat you what you do not yet know. Whether you're a beginner at Stoicism or you've been studying it for years,

there is something to be gained by getting up and going to school because learning, as Marcus really said, is a good thing. And as part of that, we're doing something we haven't done with our previous courses. Me, the author of The Daily Stoke, Lives of the Stoke, and the narrator of this podcast that I'm grateful you listen to, I am going to be the live instructor of this course. In five live video sessions, which we're calling office hours, we'll have the opportunity to learn for me to ask questions. It's not quite college, but it's better than reading by yourself,

and I'm really looking forward to engaging with all of you. It's going to be 14 emails delivered over the two weeks, almost 20,000 words of content, and you're going to learn from the famous Stoics. You're going to learn the things A Stoic does. The things A Stoic doesn't do. What sets Stoicism apart from other philosophies, the key components of A Stoics ideal day, the Stoic's secret to success,

the Stoic secrets to resilience, the Stoic secrets to productivity, and how A Stoic masters their emotions, the Stoic secrets to productivity, and how a Stoic masters their emotions, and a whole lot more. Look, the course is not free, but lectures are usually not free, but this course is far less than the tuition of even one intro to philosophy class,

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who's had the opportunity to help people put in into practice everywhere from the NFL, the special forces. You're going to be able to benefit from my synthesis of all this information over the years. This is going to be a live course. All the participants will join the course together and move through together at the same time. Registration is now officially open. It will close on Sunday, May 2nd at 11.59 pm CST and the course will begin on May 3rd. This is different than our normal courses, but I'd really love to have you join us. Check it out. We think it's going to be one of our best. I hope to have you join me. Just go to dailystowick.com slash 101. That's dailystowick.com slash 101.

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