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The Stoicism This is a film about Stoicism and why you need more of it in your life.
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Because, as people seldom tell you, but we will quietly.
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Stoicism was a philosophy that flourished for 480 years in ancient Greece
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and Rome and was popular with everyone from slaves to the aristocracy.
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Because, unlike so much philosophy, it was helpful.
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Helpful when we panic, want to give up, despair and rage at existence.
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We still honour this philosophy whenever we think of someone as brave and without perhaps quite knowing why, call them stoic.
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There are two great philosophers of stoicism.
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The first is the Roman writer and tutor to Nero, Seneca.
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He lived between AD 4 and AD 65.
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That's right, tutor to Nero, the infamous dictator who slept with his own mother, raped young boys and just because he felt like it, asked his old tutor, Seneca,
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to commit suicide in front of his own family.
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And our other guide to Stoicism is the kind and magnanimous Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, AD 121-180, who was forced to spend most of his reign on the edges of the empire,
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fighting off invincible Germanic hordes, but found time to write one of the greatest works of philosophy, the Meditations, in his tent at night.
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There are two problems Stoicism can help us with in particular.
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The first is anxiety.
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When you're feeling anxious about something, most people are maddening.
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They believe it's their duty to cheer you up.
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However intelligent they might otherwise be, they say things like it'll be okay, don't worry, even cheer up.
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The Stoics were appalled.
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They hated any kind of consolation that aims to give the listener hope.
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Hope is the opium of the emotions
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and must be stamped out conclusively for a person to stand any chance of inner peace.
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Because hope only lifts you up higher for the eventual fall.
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The Stoics advise us to take a different path.
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To be calm, one has to tell oneself something very dark.
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It will be terrible.
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I might have to go to prison.
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The lump really could be malign.
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I probably will be fired and humiliated, my friends almost certainly will succeed.
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But a huge, consoling stoic but.
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One must keep in mind that one will, nevertheless, be okay.
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Okay, because in the end, as Marcus Aurelius said, we are each of us stronger than we think.
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Prison won't be fun, nor we're losing one's job or being made a laughing stock, but one will get through it.
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Stoicism emboldens us against the worst fate can throw at us.
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And if you really, really can't take it, suicide is always an option.
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The Stoics mentioned this repeatedly.
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Here is Seneca.
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Can you no longer see a road to freedom?
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It's right in front of you.
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You need only turn over your wrists.
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To build up an impression of one's own resilience, the Stoics suggested one regularly rehearse worst-case scenarios.
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For example, twice a year, one should take off one's smart clothes, into some dirty rags, sleep on a rug in the kitchen floor
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and eat only stale bread and rainwater from an animal's bowl.
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And thereby, you'll make an amazing discovery.
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As Marcus Aurelius put it, almost nothing material is needed for a happy life for he who has understood existence.
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Another subject of interest to the Stoics was anger.
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Romans were a bad tempered lot.
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The Stoics wanted to calm them down, but they did so by an unusual route, by intellectual argument.
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They propose that getting angry isn't something you do by nature
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because you have a Latin temper or are somehow inherently hot blooded.
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It's the result of being stupid, of having the wrong ideas about life.
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Anger stems when misplaced hope smashes into unforeseen reality.
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We don't shout every time something bad happens to us, only when it's bad and unexpected.
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For example, you never shout just because it started raining, even though rain can be horrible, because you've learnt to expect rain.
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The same should apply to everything.
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Don't only expect rain, expect betrayal, infamy, sadism, theft, humiliation, lust, greed, spite.
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One will stop being so angry when one learns the true facts of the misery of life.
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The wise person should aim to reach a state where simply nothing could suddenly disturb their peace of mind.
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Every tragedy should already be priced in.
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We're going to leave you with the most beautiful remark that Seneca made, just as Nero's guards were grabbing him
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and shoving him into a bathroom where he was meant to take a sharp knife and kill himself.
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His wife, Polina, and two children were panicking, weeping, clinging to his cloaks.
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But Seneca turned to them, pulled a weary smile at them, and simply said, what need is there to weep over parts of life?
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The whole of it calls for tears.
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We have much to learn from the Stoics.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau C1 basiert auf dem Video „PHILOSOPHY - The Stoics“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: stoic, stoicism, Seneca, philosophy, Aurelius. Dieses Video enthält 66 Sätze und 821 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 4:28. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 184 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. Nur 80 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also anspruchsvoll.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
|---|---|---|
| stoicism Substantiv | /ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/ | Stoizismus |
| tutor Substantiv | /ˈtjuːtəː/ | Lehrer, Nachhilfelehrer |
| stoic Adjektiv | /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/ | stoisch |
| weep Verb | /ˈwiːp/ | weinen |
| temper Substantiv | /ˈtɛmpɚ/ | Gereiztheit, Laune |
| shout Verb | /ʃaʊt/ | rufen, schreien |
| appall Verb | /əˈpɔːl/ | entsetzen, abstoßen |
| aristocracy Substantiv | /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/ | Aristokratie |
| embolden Verb | /ɛmˈboʊld(ə)n/ | ermutigen, bestärken |
| humiliate Verb | /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ | demütigen, beschämen |
| infamy Substantiv | /ˈɪnfəmi/ | Schande |
| invincible Adjektiv | /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/ | unbesiegbar |
| magnanimous Adjektiv | /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ | großmütig, edelmütig |
| malign Adjektiv | /məˈlaɪn/ | böse, bösartig |
| misplace Verb | /mɪsˈpleɪs/ | verlegen |
Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst
| Wort | Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| build up Verb | sich ansammeln, sich türmen |
| cheer up Verb | bessere Laune bekommen, aufheitern |
| give up Verb | aufgeben, sich ergeben |
| take off Verb | ausziehen, loslösen |
| turn over Verb | umdrehen |
Sätze zum Wiederholen
Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:
- They believe it's their duty to cheer you up.
- Can you no longer see a road to freedom?
- It's right in front of you.
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
|---|---|
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | was forced · were appalled · must be stamped |
| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | has understood · you've learnt |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 12 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel don't, we're, can't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die „th“-Laute: thereby /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/, cloth /klɒθ/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: shout /ʃaʊt/, flourish /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: aristocracy /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/, invincible /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/, magnanimous /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): weep /ˈwiːp/, weary /ˈwɪɚi/
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/, shove /ʃʌv/, greed /ɡɹiːd/, propose /pɹəˈpəʊz/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: magnanimous /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/, madden /ˈmædən/, smash /smæʃ/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie stoicism, tutor, stoic.
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