The Stoic Student

I remember that one time I learnt about the “yes yes” negotiation strategy. It is how Socrates, the philosopher, worked to get people to agree with his arguments.  In an argument, you ask questions that your opponent will have to agree with so that when you lay down your conclusion, his answers end-up supporting your own argument (granted, it takes a bit of thinking on the topic before if it’s the first time you do it). 1. Did it work well when I tried it? The first time I tried that shit, I didn’t expect much of it to be really honest. It was when someone told me that they didn’t like Philosophy. It was over text so I had a bit of time to plan my things…  I started with a no-brainer question: “do you like to be free?”. Duh 🙄. “Yes I do,” she answered. I continued with an “do you agree with me that freedom is to not be dependent on someone else?,” followed by a “Yes, 100%”. At that point I was pretty happy with myself. I was ready to lay down my conclusion:  So that mea...

  The process of human life is always to strive for better and better. Our ancestors constantly looked for ways to improve both their stuff and themselves.  And we have to trust that this desire for improvement has a purpose in and of itself. One way in which we can improve is with role models. They help us and inspire us to be and become the kind of person we want to be. We look up to them and, therefore, end up ‘copying’ them in various ways. “Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principles, especially of the wise, what they run away from and what they seek out.” - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 4.38 1. The Stoic Sage Another version of the role model is the Stoic Sage Strategy. Role models and this strategy are both used for similar reasons though: becoming more like who you want yourself to be. The stoic sage is someone that doesn't actually exist, he represents the perfection of the Stoic ideal. He is, in other words, perfect in his practice of Stoicism and...

 This Blog post will be used for myself and my reflections. It’s goal is to help anyone live a better life. As my name says, I am only a student. I am far from expert and what I say here is only my view and not absolute truth. I may be totally wrong and I believe that this is how life goes: you learn as you go… This blog is going to be raw as fuck so feel free to get offended. BEING MORE OF A MAN I have been on a literal quest for being more of a man since I have been told by some girls that I look gay and give off gay vibes. That moment hit me HARD and I don’t ever want this shit to happend to me again. I thought I had chances with these woman but it’s like they didn’t even consider the possibility they could be with me.  On this journey, what I found was the most confusing part about being more of a man figuring out  is what does means to be a man . After lots of journaling and of searching online, I still don’t have a concrete awnser, which sucks. But I still found a ...