Infographic: Better Political Conversations With Stoicism
Let’s be honest — 2020’s a rough year. We need to have better political conversations now. How can stoicism help us improve our public sphere?
Stoicism can help us have better conversations with each other, even in a year as chaotic as 2020. Self awareness, intentionality, introspection and self improvement — these are all skills that stoic philosophers encourage us to practice regularly.
Note: This is our last installment of stoicism week! Check out the links at the end of this article for the rest.
Using chaos as an opportunity to learn, and grow, rather than succumb to the sheer weight of this particularly challenging moment moment. Choosing the purpose for engaging in an act or a conversation, rather than just stumbling into one . We need all of these skills — and they are skills that take practice! — to improve how we’re talking to each other about politics. We will not find solutions if we cannot understand each other, and we won’t understand each other if we can’t first deal with the emotional turmoil involved in having upsetting conversations.
So how can stoicism help? Check out our handy little infographic below. And if you want even more stoicism, why it’s relevant today, and how ReConsider’s own philosophy is influenced by it check out our links below.
Want more stoicism?
This week is stoicism week at ReConsider, so each day there’ll be a new article reflecting on how stoicism can improve our political climate in 2020, as well as our mental well being. articles and published podcasts on stocism, which you can check out here:
- Death hangs over you; live now
- Bearing bad luck nobly
- Who were the stoics?
- Your mind makes your happiness
- Podcast — How Stoics Deal with Plagues and Quarantines
- Podcast — Toolbox Talk: The Modern Stoic
Additionally, ReConsider’s Principles and Discussion Strategies are heavily influenced by stoic philosophy, which you can read about here.
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