The Daily Stoic - You Do You. Whether They Like it Or Not.

Episode Date: December 14, 2018

Think of all the people throughout history who were wrongly condemned and criticized by the mob. From the Civil Rights Activists to Galileo to ordinary people whose lifestyles were hypocritically condemned as perverted or a violation of God’s law. Think of Jesus himself, condemned and nailed to a cross for no good reason. In a sense, this is a rather dark reality to accept. But it is a fact. Society has always stupidly attacked what it doesn’t understand and what it fears. So what should we do about that as individuals? Live according to the crowd, even if we know that’s wrong?Of course not, at least according to Marcus Aurelius. No, we must live as we were meant to live. We must live in truth. Let them kill us if they don’t understand it, he said. Imagine that. Indeed, many Christians were persecuted by Marcus’s regime, and ultimately by his sign off. Just as Epictetus himself had been exiled from Rome for his philosophy. Just as how Stoicism would later be suppressed by the Christians. Just as great minds and regular people have been attacked and criticized by ignorant, obnoxious other people. But we can’t let any of that stop us. We have to do what we have to do. We have to be who we are. We have to follow the truth as we see it. Because if we don’t, what good is this life we’ve been given anyway?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoke Podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. Welcome to the Daily Stoke. For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight, wisdom necessary for living the good life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystoic.com. You do you, whether they like it or not. Think of all the people throughout history who are wrongly condemned and criticized by the mob. From the civil rights activists to Galileo to ordinary people whose lifestyles were hypocritically condemned as perverted or a violation of God's law.

Think of Jesus himself, condemned and nailed to a cross for no good reason. In a sense, this is a rather dark reality to accept, but it is a fact. Society has always stupidly attacked what it doesn't understand and what it fears. So what should we do about that as individuals? Live accordingly to the crowd, even if we know that it's wrong? Of course not, at least according to Marcus Aurelius, no, we must live as we were meant to live, we must live in truth. Let them kill us if they don't understand it," he said. Imagine that. Indeed, many Christians were persecuted by Marcus' regime and ultimately by his sign-off. Just as

Epochetus himself had been exiled from Rome for his philosophy, just as how Stoicism would later be suppressed by the Christians, just as great minds and regular people have been attacked and criticized by ignorant and obnoxious other people. But we can't let any of that stop us. We have to do what we have to do. We have to be who we are. We have to follow the truth as we see it. Because if we don't, what good is his life we've been given anyway. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. And if you don't get the daily stoke email, go to dailystoke.com slash email.

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