Philosophy, Religion, and the Meaning of Life

The Heroic Ideal in the Late Stoicism (1x7)

Air date: Jan 01, 2009

Learn the meaning of heroic citizenship in Roman Stoic philosophy, as movingly expressed by Epictetus and the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Consider an "interior divinity" and self-esteem rooted in clarity of mind and purposeful embrace of one's personal fate. Consider also how the Hero archetype shapes our own modern human identity.