Stoicism's Major Flaw

I look at the current trend of Stoicism through the lens of Ryan Holiday's Daily Stoic, and more broadly through the Ancient Stoic philosophers, and ask, is it really a useful guide to life today? 00:00 – Introduction to Stoicism 02:40 – The Splitting of the World 09:48 – The Fleeting Life & The Tragedy of Rome 17:41 - The Gods of Fate 25:13 - The Miserably Wise Emperor King 28:53 - Hurting Nieztsche's Feelings 37:04 - Rage, Rage Against the Dying Light 43:41 - Why Stoicism Today? Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/then-now-philosophy-history-politics/id1499254204 https://open.spotify.com/show/1Khac2ih0UYUtuIJEWL47z Written & Presented By: Lewis Waller Edited By: Paul Lapascu Sources: William Irvine, A Guide to The Good Life: The Ancient Are of Stoic Joy John Sellers, Stoicism Epictetus, Enchiridion Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit Mary Beast, SPQR Barry Strauss, Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine James A. Mollison (2018): Nietzsche contra stoicism: naturalism and value, suffering and amorfati, Inquiry, DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2019.1527547 Bernardo Ferro, Hegel’s Critique of Stoicism https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/negative-emotions-key-well-being/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-positive-thinking-be-negative/ https://psyche.co/ideas/dont-be-stoic-roman-stoicisms-origins-show-its-perniciousness https://iep.utm.edu/stoicism/ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/fashion/ryan-holiday-stoicism-american-apparel.html