Fortress of the Mind Publications brings you the fifth lecture in our series on Stoic Paradoxes.
In this lecture, we discuss the following proposition: misdeeds are equal, and good deeds are equal.
Is this true? If so, to what extent? And what does it mean for us?
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This is our fourth lecture on Stoic Paradoxes
In this 15-minute lecture, we get into the book proper, with a discussion of the book’s first two propositions:
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By the time you’ve gone through my book and we conclude this lecture series, you will know Stoicism better than any college professor.
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Every man’s character has a dual quality to it. One quality is etched into every man’s consciousness from birth, more or less. And this is the quality of reason that Nature herself has endowed us with; it is that which separates us from the unreasoning brutes.
It is a universal quality, in the sense that every man possesses it. From this rational aspect we get our innate sense of justice and fairness. It is also what gives man that special curiosity about the world: it is that which impels him to make inquiries into everything, to investigate everything, and to try to find answers for the riddles of Nature.
The armies of North Korea burst into South Korea in June 1950 and quickly overwhelmed its forces, confining them to a perimeter around the city of Pusan. Douglas MacArthur, in what can only be called a brilliant counterstroke, hit back with an amphibious landing at the city of Inchon.
We continue our lecture series on Stoic Paradoxes
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Frequent reader Lucas Temple mentioned to me recently that he would like to hear a reading of the prologue of my book Pantheon: Adventures In History, Biography, And The Mind
The incident highlights the themes of persistence, struggle, and the idea that brilliant success often comes just when all seems lost.
So, Lucas, this one’s for you, brother. I hope you enjoy it.
My podcasts will also soon also be available on iTunes. I will keep listeners informed.
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In this second lecture of our series on Stoic Paradoxes, we focus on the influences behind Cicero’s thought, and how he identified himself doctrinally.
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Pyrrhus was a powerful king who ruled Epirus and Macedon for some years during the Hellenistic period. Plutarch tells a revealing story about him in his Parallel Lives (Life of Epirus, 14).
One of Pyrrhus’s valued advisors was a man named Cineas, who was entrusted on many foreign missions of great sensitivity.
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I have decided to add podcasts to the content offered on my site. There is a refreshing value in mixing the presentation of material by audio, along with material already offered in a written format.
Because of the many questions I receive on Stoicism, and the enduring interest in this subject, I have decided to give a series of 10 lectures on Cicero’s Stoic Paradoxes.
I published a translation of Stoic Paradoxes
Since this is the first podcast I’ve made, I appreciate the feedback of listeners. I expect things to become additionally refined as we move forward.
For well over a year now, I’ve been working steadily on the most ambitious literary project of my life. It has been an incredible and exhausting adventure, and has opened up vistas in my perception of the world that I never would have expected.
Quintus Curtius 
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