How To Maximize Misery | The 4 Stoic Sins

Virtue is the path to a happy life.

One can characterize Stoic virtue by its instrumental as well as non-instrumental value, meaning that Stoics don’t act for personal gain, but rather to benefit the whole, even if this includes the rejection of pleasure and the endurance of pain. However, at the same time, this way of life leads to eudaimonia, and thus, living virtuously is rewarding for oneself as a byproduct.

But what if we don’t live virtuously and what misery comes from that? In Stoic ethics, we find the opposite of virtue, which is vice. Vice can be subdivided into four elements. Obviously, following these elements will lead us astray.

This video explores these 4 ‘Stoic sins’ and possible consequences.

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