Stoic, Esq.
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Hello and welcome.

I am Larry, and I am a practicing patent attorney at a large law firm in the Midwest. This blog is meant to be a gathering place for those of us who use Stoicism to guide our lives and for any lawyer who is searching for a philosophy of life. 

I discovered Stoicism in my thirties. One of my favorite podcasts recommended Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, and once I read that and began examining my life, I was forever changed. Stoicism has allowed me to not only survive but truly thrive. Its virtues – courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom – speak to me in a way that no other philosophy of life could.

I hope you join me as I write about how Stoicism has helped me and about how it might help you. Please reach out to [email protected] with any comments or questions.

Now, let’s do philosophy. Let’s do life.

Basics / Ethics

Self-Control

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and …

Basics / Ethics

Courage

Let us be brave in the face of adversity. Seneca The past few weeks, we have been examining the four primary Stoic Virtues. We previously discussed Wisdom and Justice. We continue our exploration of the …

Basics / Ethics

Justice

In my previous two posts, I discussed the Four Virtues of Stoicism in general and then examined Wisdom in a little more detail. This post focuses on another of the Virtues: Justice. Justice lies at …

Basics / Ethics

Wisdom

In a previous post, we discussed the Four Virtues of Stoicism – Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Self-Control. This post and the next three will focus on each of the Four Virtues in more detail, beginning …