#141 Stoicism: Everything You Need to (Actually) Know - John Sellars
#141 Stoicism: Everything You Need to (Actually) Know - John Sellars  
Podcast: Within Reason
Published On: Tue Feb 03 2026
Description: Get Huel today with this exclusive offer for New Customers of 15% OFF with code alexoconnor at https://huel.com/alexoconnor (Minimum $50 purchase).For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: ⁠https://www.alexoconnor.com⁠.John Sellars is a Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, a visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a Member of Wolfson College, Oxford. His books include Lessons in Stoicism, The Fourfold Remedy, Aristotle and his work has been translated into over a dozen languages.TIMESTAMPS(00:00) Tour(00:32) Did Socrates Found Stoicism?(08:03) The Three Eras of Stoicism(17:50) Stoic Logic(26:19) Empiricism: How the Stoics Got Knowledge(34:33) Materialism: Only Physical Things Exist(43:00) How Reason Fundamentally Animates the Universe(48:43) Did the Stoics Believe in God?(59:37) Do the Stoics Contradict Themselves?(01:08:17) Stoic Ethics(01:24:24) How Did the Stoics Deal With Evil?(01:36:32) Can You Choose Your Outcome If Everything Is Determined?CONNECTMy Website: ⁠https://www.alexoconnor.com⁠SOCIAL LINKSTwitter: ⁠http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic⁠Facebook: ⁠http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic⁠Instagram: ⁠http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic⁠TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmicskeptic⁠CONTACTBusiness email: contact@alexoconnor.comBrand enquiries: David@modernstoa.co