Wasn't aware of Roosevelt's four freedoms. Looked it up. Interesting. The difference is that Roosevelt's freedoms are for the government to faciliitate. No one needs to give us Stoic freedoms.
RE Thought Freedom: What we think and Envy, "If a man frets about the food and the drink given to others, he will find no rest either by day or by night" (Dhammapada).
We are free as long as we retain our ability to choose and make decisions. The options to choose from and the consequences of those choices are external, they do not depend on us. But what do we choose? That is our business.
Wasn't aware of Roosevelt's four freedoms. Looked it up. Interesting. The difference is that Roosevelt's freedoms are for the government to faciliitate. No one needs to give us Stoic freedoms.
RE Thought Freedom: What we think and Envy, "If a man frets about the food and the drink given to others, he will find no rest either by day or by night" (Dhammapada).
Thank you for emphasizing practice, repetition, and habituation.
For my part, this is what makes it fun: earning wisdom as a process as opposed to obsessing about "arriving."
Excellent post.
We are free as long as we retain our ability to choose and make decisions. The options to choose from and the consequences of those choices are external, they do not depend on us. But what do we choose? That is our business.
Timely reminder about trying to control the past. Love the article
Just like Roosevelt's Four Freedoms. Excellent article! The Stoics always have something good to say.