What Makes You a Degenerate? | Stoic Philosophy

The ancient Stoics based their morals on reason. They created an ethical system that focuses on living in agreement with nature, or, a universal rational principle. Stoic ethics distinguish virtues from vices, seeing a life of virtue as the optimal way to live. From the Stoic point of view, someone who lives a life of vice can be considered a degenerate. This video explores a couple of examples from Stoic literature on how the ancient Stoics saw degeneracy or, put differently, a bad and sub-par way of life leading to unhappiness. Support the channel: ✔️ PayPal: ✔️ Patreon: ✔️ Bitcoin: 3HQnEz1LQ4G6dqN2LdZgzc7qoJjJCyWjTC (Donated BTC and want in the credits? Send me an email with the amount/address) 🎞️ Animations and thumbnail art by Munkaa: Purchase Stoicism for Inner Peace (affiliate links): 📘 Paperback: 💻 Ebook: Purchase Unoffendable (affiliate links): 📘 Paperback: 💻 Ebook: Merchandise: 🛍️ Shop: 🛍️ Merchandise design by Punksthetic Art: Wikimedia Commons (attributions): Zeus painting (1): :Wall_painting_-_Zeus_and_Eros_-_Herculaneum_(ins_or_II_basilica-augusteum) Zeus painting (2): :Villa_Nichesola-Conforti,_Ponton_di_Sant’Ambrogio_di_Valpolicella_(VR). Zeus painting (3): : Zeus pot: : Zeus statue: :Paris-33_(29998023800).jpg Seneca (1): :A_man_attended_by_a_surgeon_(suicide_of_Seneca?). Pseudo-Seneca: : Seneca bust: :Санкт-Петербург,_Летний_сад._Бюст_«Сенека» Epictetus: :Discourses_-_Epictetus_(illustration_1)_(9021700938).jpg Marcus Aurelius statue: :Equestrian_statue_Marcus_Aurelius_replica,_Capitole,_Rome, Marcus Aurelius bust (1): : Marcus Aurelius bust (2): :L’Image_et_le_Pouvoir_-_Buste_cuirassé_de_Marc_Aurèle_agé Marcus Aurelius bust (3): : Marcus Aurelius bust (4): :Marcus_Aurelius_(32393792365).jpg Rome: :Roman_Bath_(SM_27).png #STOICISM #EPICTETUS #MARCUSAURELIUS 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Living in agreement with Zeus 04:01 - Fighting fate 05:50 - The man who cheated 07:54 - Laying in bed all day 09:46 - Sickly pale of lust