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Lesson 2.8: Pneuma
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- The Luxury of Virtue
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- Apr 5, 2025
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- 5198
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Summary
Emotions are judgments in disguise. Can you learn to withhold yours? Topics discussed: * The Stoic theory of impressions, assent, and the role of judgment in emotional life * How pneuma—the cosmic breath—structures the soul, the cosmos, and Stoic psychology * The importance of prohairesis (moral will) as the seat of freedom and virtue * Why the Stoics saw emotion as a consequence of belief * The rigorous practices of attention, self-monitoring, and withholding assent * How Stoicism offers a radical kind of inner freedom in a world ruled by fate For more information, visit theluxuryofvirtue.com [https://www.theluxuryofvirtue.com/].