Rob Colter

The Unity and Parts of Stoic Philosophy — Notes on Some Ancient Analogies By comparison to contemporary academic philosophy, which has a whole variety of sub-specialties such as value theory, formal logic…

Some thoughts on the integrated parts of Stoic Philosophy. #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...

It’s just wild to me the number of folks who are like “what’s the cruelest, most hypocritical, most immoral position one could take on issue x? I think I’ll go with that.” Bizarre.

Philosophy as a Way of Life, a survey; Part II — Philosophies of Life vs. PWOL In Part I of this series, I laid out a high-level description of Pierre Hadot’s conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life (PWOL, by way of…

The second entry in my series of essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...

Very good. I’m not much of a Reddit user, but feel free.

Perhaps. What are you thinking?

YouTube video by University of Wyoming UWYO Faculty Spotlight | Robert Colter

UW did a feature on me. A bit about how and why I became a philosopher, why I study Ancient Philosophy in particular, and the value of studying philosophy both ancient and in general. #philosophy #Stoicism #Academicsky youtu.be/9xdSpoOJmLQ?...

Philosophy as a Way of Life, a survey; Part I — Pierre Hadot The idea of Philosophy as a Way of Life was first introduced into philosophical circles by the work of Pierre Hadot. Hadot was a French…

First in a planned series of short essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life. #Stoicism #philosophy medium.com/the-way-of-t...

Here I am, enthusiastically advocating for metal as a philosophy of life!

On the Stoic “Big Three” and their Predecessors: Some notes on Ancient Stoic History and Context I get the impression that most people these days come to Stoicism through one of the many popular books out there on Stoicism. Many of…

My latest on Medium! medium.com/the-way-of-t... #Stoicism #philosophy

Beginning my journey home from #ismms in Sevilla. Feeling tired, hot, and incredibly inspired and stimulated by the cool and wonderful work of the folks in the world of metal music studies! #metalsky #academicsky #philosophysky

Putting it into the universe. Any #ismms #metalsky folks in Sevilla want to get together for an early (by Mediterranean standards) dinner. Say 7:40-8pm? I’m staying a couple blocks from the Setas.

On the train in Madrid. Headed to Sevilla!

Coming next week in Sevilla! #metalsky #academicsky #philosophysky #philosophy #stoicism

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That’s what social media is for, right?

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Conversations with Modern Stoicism - Marcus Aurelius Birthday SPECIAL EVENT · Zoom · Luma Our presenter Robert S. Colter is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming. With a PhD from…

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Conversations with Modern Stoicism - Marcus Aurelius Birthday SPECIAL EVENT · Zoom · Luma Our presenter Robert S. Colter is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming. With a PhD from…

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Join us on Saturday if you can! Link in comments. #Stoicism #philosophy

This morning!

Day one at the National Conference for Higher Education in Prison. A great opportunity for learning and making connections for this important and transformative work. My panel is tomorrow! #prisoneducation #academicsky #philosophy

Excited to dip my toes into this research, and hopefully meet lots of cool people doing cool stuff! Nice to see it made official at the #ISMMS in Spain! #philosophy #metal

Virtue = Right Reason = Prosocial life based on Reason Group of bonobos, news.harvard.edu/gazette Dear Greg L, Thank you so much for your response to my initial prompt for the current round of Stoic Letters here at the Stoa Nova. You focused primarily …

Another letter from the Stoa Nova, a response to @greglopez.me from Massimo Pigliucci, in which Massimo changes his mind! #stoicism #philosophy newstoicism.org/2025/03/17/v...

Intensional Goodness [Are you sure these two giraffes belong to the same species? How could you tell? Generated with DALL-E 3] Dear Massimo, I appreciate you putting forth a hypothesis about the possible similarities o…

Another Stoa Nova letter, responding to the one I posted the other day, this time from @greglopez.me newstoicism.org/2025/03/07/i...
#stoicism #philosophy

Is virtue an intrinsic good? Playing ball skillfully, by Midjourney. Dear Fellow Proficientes, I wanted to raise an issue that has bothered me on and off for some time, concerning the alleged status of virtue as an intrinsic, …

Another series of letters at the Stoa Nova, starting with this one from Massimo Pigliucci: newstoicism.org/2025/02/28/i...
#Stoicism #Philodophy

Decided kinda last minute to go see this show on Tuesday. Some people don’t get it, but this stuff clears my head and feeds my soul! #metal

Three Key Stoic Ideas: Dichotomy of Control, Indifferents, and Freedom & Determinism

On Saturday February 22, my friend and Colleague Greg Sadler is doing an online event on 3 key Stoic Ideas. Check it out at the link. #Stoicism #philosophy reasonio.teachable.com/p/three-key-...

To be fair, even if he weren’t a sycophant, he’d still be a Nazi.

Feeling better is not the point, but… Studying Stoicism, by Midjourney Dear Friends, I’ve been a bit slow to respond to this most recent exchange of letters, since I’ve been under the weather this last week. But that did afford me the …

One more in the current Stoa Nova letters series. This one from Greg Sadler: newstoicism.org/2025/02/03/f... #Stoicism #philosophy

Any chance it will be recorded?