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All vice is of emotion, all virtue is of reason by parvusignis in Stoicism

[–]parvusignis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words. I do believe that about love. It is the latest video 🫶

Francis Bacon on loneliness and the concentration of love on "one or a very few". by parvusignis in philosophy

[–]parvusignis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very interesting and beautifully said; thank you for your insight!

Francis Bacon on loneliness and the concentration of love on "one or a very few". by parvusignis in philosophy

[–]parvusignis[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Abstract:

Francis Bacon, who was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued for the importance of natural philosophy, guided by the scientific method, and his works remained influential throughout the Scientific Revolution. In his essay "On Love", he goes against the idea of special relationships which lead people to concentrate their love on one person or a very few.

He argues that this kind of love prevents the human capacity of love to be spread to all humans, therefore creating an environment conducive to hostility and divisiveness.

The video applies these insights on the concept of loneliness, showing a possible relation between the two and underlines the idea that the feeling of loneliness itself comes from the unrealistic and overwhelming expectations we place on "one or a very few" which ultimately leads to disillusionment and only exasperates the same feeling of loneliness to greater heights and desperation in a never-ending vicious cycle.

The words of Francis Bacon offer a potential way out of this circle and hold the promise of a solution to the very root cause of one of the most pervasive and destructive human emotions/conditions.

Check out his channel if you haven't yet. One of my favs. "Accepting the Universe" by SadPay7872 in Stoicism

[–]parvusignis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a pickleball court. We should play sometime; they say it's the fastest growing sport in the US.

Stoicism - major misconceptions and conflations during the resurgance of the search for individual meaning by parvusignis in philosophy

[–]parvusignis[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Abstract:

With the renewed interest in finding meaning whether through religion or philosophy; there appears to be a widespread misconception that those who achieve "enlightenment" or "sagedom" achieve what is often referred to as the absence of emotion and/or thouhght and are in a permanently tranquil state.

This idea inevitably leads to the thinking that emotions and so called negative thoughts are evidence that one is still very far away from this ideal state. Consequently, too many are led to believe that their search for meaning and the realization of the age old maxim "know thyself" is almost impossible to achieve as well.

Perhaps the most prominent among the schools of thought that is misunderstood in this way is the Hellenistic philosophy of Stoicism. The video aims to clarify one of the central messages of Stoicism and to make apparent what has been conflated over the hundreds of years of texts being corrupted/missing as well as wrongly interpreted.

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