The Whole and the Part
What does this situation look like when you are a part, not the centre?
The learning movement of this phase is Understanding: the human being as part of nature, community, and cosmos. The Stoic cosmos was imagined as one coherent living whole; this phase trains the perspective of the whole without denying responsibility.
Core ability: Place yourself and your situation within nature, community, and cosmos.
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Lesson 4 · 15 min
A Part of a Greater Whole
Study inside My StoicOs
Start My Free IntroductionNo human being stands apart from the whole.
Lesson 5 · 15 min
The View From Above
Study inside My StoicOs
Start My Free IntroductionDistance without indifference.
Lesson 6 · 15 min
Oikeiōsis and Expanding Concern
Study inside My StoicOs
Start My Free IntroductionFrom self-preservation to involvement.
Test your judgment by the four virtues.