A Southern Stoic
@asouthernstoic.bsky.social
A prokopton adding another voice to modern Stoic discourse. Favoring an Epictetian lens and Diogenes riding shotgun.
BA Philosophy '24
Come for the veganic farming, stay for the Stoicism, or vice versa; doesn't matter, it's not up to me what you do.
BA Philosophy '24
Come for the veganic farming, stay for the Stoicism, or vice versa; doesn't matter, it's not up to me what you do.
Non-humans:
" ...the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
-Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation
And thus deserving of justice
Out you go peacefully, outside-dwelling cosmopolitan
#Stoicism #philosophy #vegan
" ...the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
-Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation
And thus deserving of justice
Out you go peacefully, outside-dwelling cosmopolitan
#Stoicism #philosophy #vegan
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Non-humans:
" ...the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
-Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation
And thus deserving of justice
Out you go peacefully, outside-dwelling cosmopolitan
#Stoicism #philosophy #vegan
" ...the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
-Jeremy Bentham, Principles of Morals and Legislation
And thus deserving of justice
Out you go peacefully, outside-dwelling cosmopolitan
#Stoicism #philosophy #vegan
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Farming:
Amazing what happens when you try and learn, try and learn, try and learn...
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Amazing what happens when you try and learn, try and learn, try and learn...
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
September 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Farming:
Amazing what happens when you try and learn, try and learn, try and learn...
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Amazing what happens when you try and learn, try and learn, try and learn...
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Desire:
A Stoic should not concern themselves with preparing only for trials of bodily suffering. Desire is a daily trial as to whether one allows their focus to shift to things beyond reach and to suffer mentally when unobtained. Our friends, the Buddhists, know this well.
#Stoicism #philosophy
A Stoic should not concern themselves with preparing only for trials of bodily suffering. Desire is a daily trial as to whether one allows their focus to shift to things beyond reach and to suffer mentally when unobtained. Our friends, the Buddhists, know this well.
#Stoicism #philosophy
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Desire:
A Stoic should not concern themselves with preparing only for trials of bodily suffering. Desire is a daily trial as to whether one allows their focus to shift to things beyond reach and to suffer mentally when unobtained. Our friends, the Buddhists, know this well.
#Stoicism #philosophy
A Stoic should not concern themselves with preparing only for trials of bodily suffering. Desire is a daily trial as to whether one allows their focus to shift to things beyond reach and to suffer mentally when unobtained. Our friends, the Buddhists, know this well.
#Stoicism #philosophy
Anger:
I arrived at the doorway of anger today. I then walked away. There was no virtue to be found on the other side.
#Stoicism #philosophy
I arrived at the doorway of anger today. I then walked away. There was no virtue to be found on the other side.
#Stoicism #philosophy
August 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Anger:
I arrived at the doorway of anger today. I then walked away. There was no virtue to be found on the other side.
#Stoicism #philosophy
I arrived at the doorway of anger today. I then walked away. There was no virtue to be found on the other side.
#Stoicism #philosophy
Stoic Ethics:
"Ethical judgment is thus overriding because it subsumes all other relevant practical considerations (self-interest, altruism, prudence, etiquette, and so on) into one final judgment."
-L. Becker, A New Stoicism, 10
#philosophy #Stoicism
"Ethical judgment is thus overriding because it subsumes all other relevant practical considerations (self-interest, altruism, prudence, etiquette, and so on) into one final judgment."
-L. Becker, A New Stoicism, 10
#philosophy #Stoicism
August 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Stoic Ethics:
"Ethical judgment is thus overriding because it subsumes all other relevant practical considerations (self-interest, altruism, prudence, etiquette, and so on) into one final judgment."
-L. Becker, A New Stoicism, 10
#philosophy #Stoicism
"Ethical judgment is thus overriding because it subsumes all other relevant practical considerations (self-interest, altruism, prudence, etiquette, and so on) into one final judgment."
-L. Becker, A New Stoicism, 10
#philosophy #Stoicism
Study:
I've read several of the popular modern books about Stoicism and I'm not finding much I didn't already grasp. I'm looking forward to A New Stoicism by Lawrence C. Becker as a return to serious academic study.
#Stoicism #philosophy
I've read several of the popular modern books about Stoicism and I'm not finding much I didn't already grasp. I'm looking forward to A New Stoicism by Lawrence C. Becker as a return to serious academic study.
#Stoicism #philosophy
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Study:
I've read several of the popular modern books about Stoicism and I'm not finding much I didn't already grasp. I'm looking forward to A New Stoicism by Lawrence C. Becker as a return to serious academic study.
#Stoicism #philosophy
I've read several of the popular modern books about Stoicism and I'm not finding much I didn't already grasp. I'm looking forward to A New Stoicism by Lawrence C. Becker as a return to serious academic study.
#Stoicism #philosophy
Farming:
Compost pile building - water each layer during building
Dirt/Kitchen Compost - decomposers
Fresh Cut Grass - green manure
Oak leaves, dry mature crops - brown manure
Wood - lifts base for airflow
Video by @one-world-one-sky.bsky.social
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Compost pile building - water each layer during building
Dirt/Kitchen Compost - decomposers
Fresh Cut Grass - green manure
Oak leaves, dry mature crops - brown manure
Wood - lifts base for airflow
Video by @one-world-one-sky.bsky.social
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
July 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Farming:
Compost pile building - water each layer during building
Dirt/Kitchen Compost - decomposers
Fresh Cut Grass - green manure
Oak leaves, dry mature crops - brown manure
Wood - lifts base for airflow
Video by @one-world-one-sky.bsky.social
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Compost pile building - water each layer during building
Dirt/Kitchen Compost - decomposers
Fresh Cut Grass - green manure
Oak leaves, dry mature crops - brown manure
Wood - lifts base for airflow
Video by @one-world-one-sky.bsky.social
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Stoic Farming:
All I have is this fleeting moment and in it I find simple delights: a fork moving in cultivated dirt, the feel of loose soil ready to receive another crop, and the serenade of the winds and birds in the trees. Simple delights in life.
#Stoicism #philosophy #farming #farmsky
All I have is this fleeting moment and in it I find simple delights: a fork moving in cultivated dirt, the feel of loose soil ready to receive another crop, and the serenade of the winds and birds in the trees. Simple delights in life.
#Stoicism #philosophy #farming #farmsky
July 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Stoic Farming:
All I have is this fleeting moment and in it I find simple delights: a fork moving in cultivated dirt, the feel of loose soil ready to receive another crop, and the serenade of the winds and birds in the trees. Simple delights in life.
#Stoicism #philosophy #farming #farmsky
All I have is this fleeting moment and in it I find simple delights: a fork moving in cultivated dirt, the feel of loose soil ready to receive another crop, and the serenade of the winds and birds in the trees. Simple delights in life.
#Stoicism #philosophy #farming #farmsky
Farming:
Trying out buckwheat as a catch crop grain... look at the little pops
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Trying out buckwheat as a catch crop grain... look at the little pops
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
July 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Farming:
Trying out buckwheat as a catch crop grain... look at the little pops
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Trying out buckwheat as a catch crop grain... look at the little pops
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Cosmopolis:
"O what are these,
Death's ministers, not men, who thus deal death
Inhumanly to men, and multiply
Ten thousandfold the sin of him who slew
His brother; for of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men?"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.675-680
#Stoicism #philosophy
"O what are these,
Death's ministers, not men, who thus deal death
Inhumanly to men, and multiply
Ten thousandfold the sin of him who slew
His brother; for of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men?"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.675-680
#Stoicism #philosophy
July 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Cosmopolis:
"O what are these,
Death's ministers, not men, who thus deal death
Inhumanly to men, and multiply
Ten thousandfold the sin of him who slew
His brother; for of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men?"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.675-680
#Stoicism #philosophy
"O what are these,
Death's ministers, not men, who thus deal death
Inhumanly to men, and multiply
Ten thousandfold the sin of him who slew
His brother; for of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men?"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.675-680
#Stoicism #philosophy
Moderation:
"The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught
In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence
Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.531-533
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught
In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence
Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.531-533
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
July 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Moderation:
"The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught
In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence
Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.531-533
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught
In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence
Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.531-533
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
Life:
"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st
Live well, how long or short permit to Heav'n"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.553-554
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st
Live well, how long or short permit to Heav'n"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.553-554
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
July 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Life:
"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st
Live well, how long or short permit to Heav'n"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.553-554
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st
Live well, how long or short permit to Heav'n"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, XI.553-554
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
Stoic Eating:
"Gluttony is nothing other than lack of self-control with respect to food, and human beings prefer food that is pleasant to food that is nutritious."
-Musonius Rufus (T: King), About Food
A Stoic dinner of potatoes, pinto beans, & homemade rye bread
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"Gluttony is nothing other than lack of self-control with respect to food, and human beings prefer food that is pleasant to food that is nutritious."
-Musonius Rufus (T: King), About Food
A Stoic dinner of potatoes, pinto beans, & homemade rye bread
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Stoic Eating:
"Gluttony is nothing other than lack of self-control with respect to food, and human beings prefer food that is pleasant to food that is nutritious."
-Musonius Rufus (T: King), About Food
A Stoic dinner of potatoes, pinto beans, & homemade rye bread
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"Gluttony is nothing other than lack of self-control with respect to food, and human beings prefer food that is pleasant to food that is nutritious."
-Musonius Rufus (T: King), About Food
A Stoic dinner of potatoes, pinto beans, & homemade rye bread
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
July 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Farming:
Dried pinto beans on the scene. Looks just like what comes from the store. So neat to see their origin.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Dried pinto beans on the scene. Looks just like what comes from the store. So neat to see their origin.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Farming:
Dried pinto beans on the scene. Looks just like what comes from the store. So neat to see their origin.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Dried pinto beans on the scene. Looks just like what comes from the store. So neat to see their origin.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
June 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Farming:
And so begins the journey to adulthood of the saved peanuts from last year. Seeing sprouts popping out of the soil is just delightful. These peanuts will be harvested in late October/early November.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
And so begins the journey to adulthood of the saved peanuts from last year. Seeing sprouts popping out of the soil is just delightful. These peanuts will be harvested in late October/early November.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
June 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Farming:
And so begins the journey to adulthood of the saved peanuts from last year. Seeing sprouts popping out of the soil is just delightful. These peanuts will be harvested in late October/early November.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
And so begins the journey to adulthood of the saved peanuts from last year. Seeing sprouts popping out of the soil is just delightful. These peanuts will be harvested in late October/early November.
#farming #farmsky #biointensive
Hard Path:
"...but rather seek
Our own good from ourselves, and from our own
Live to ourselves, though in this vast recess,
Free, and to none accountable, preferring
Hard liberty before the easy yoke of servile pomp."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, II.252-255
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"...but rather seek
Our own good from ourselves, and from our own
Live to ourselves, though in this vast recess,
Free, and to none accountable, preferring
Hard liberty before the easy yoke of servile pomp."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, II.252-255
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
June 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hard Path:
"...but rather seek
Our own good from ourselves, and from our own
Live to ourselves, though in this vast recess,
Free, and to none accountable, preferring
Hard liberty before the easy yoke of servile pomp."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, II.252-255
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"...but rather seek
Our own good from ourselves, and from our own
Live to ourselves, though in this vast recess,
Free, and to none accountable, preferring
Hard liberty before the easy yoke of servile pomp."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, II.252-255
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
Tranquility:
"The mind is its own place,
and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
What matter where, if I be still the same,"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, I.254-256
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"The mind is its own place,
and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
What matter where, if I be still the same,"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, I.254-256
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Tranquility:
"The mind is its own place,
and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
What matter where, if I be still the same,"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, I.254-256
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
"The mind is its own place,
and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
What matter where, if I be still the same,"
-John Milton, Paradise Lost, I.254-256
#Stoicism #philosophy #virtue
Music:
A rendition for Athena
A rendition for Athena
Bianca Gerald - Natural Blues
YouTube video by Katerina Soulopoulou
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June 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Music:
A rendition for Athena
A rendition for Athena
Book:
What an elegant cover this 2014 copy of Paradise Lost has. I would have purchased a cheaper paperback for my own first reading but yay for public libraries again having the hardcover goods.
#books #libraries #classics #publiclibraries
What an elegant cover this 2014 copy of Paradise Lost has. I would have purchased a cheaper paperback for my own first reading but yay for public libraries again having the hardcover goods.
#books #libraries #classics #publiclibraries
June 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Book:
What an elegant cover this 2014 copy of Paradise Lost has. I would have purchased a cheaper paperback for my own first reading but yay for public libraries again having the hardcover goods.
#books #libraries #classics #publiclibraries
What an elegant cover this 2014 copy of Paradise Lost has. I would have purchased a cheaper paperback for my own first reading but yay for public libraries again having the hardcover goods.
#books #libraries #classics #publiclibraries
Moment - Beauty:
The summer awakening of the lightning bugs in the South is a magical event. Romance is in the air.
#philosophy #beauty
The summer awakening of the lightning bugs in the South is a magical event. Romance is in the air.
#philosophy #beauty
June 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Moment - Beauty:
The summer awakening of the lightning bugs in the South is a magical event. Romance is in the air.
#philosophy #beauty
The summer awakening of the lightning bugs in the South is a magical event. Romance is in the air.
#philosophy #beauty
On Efficiency:
Gains come with losses as innovation moves forward. Considering the losses and moving "backwards" may be the proper course, all things considered.
#philosophy
Gains come with losses as innovation moves forward. Considering the losses and moving "backwards" may be the proper course, all things considered.
#philosophy
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On Efficiency:
Gains come with losses as innovation moves forward. Considering the losses and moving "backwards" may be the proper course, all things considered.
#philosophy
Gains come with losses as innovation moves forward. Considering the losses and moving "backwards" may be the proper course, all things considered.
#philosophy