Intergalactic
Intergalactic
Your Modern School of Stoic Philosophy
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Developing a Community of Philosophically Sound Citizens.
Stronger, Wiser, Helpful, Poised
Curriculum Details
READING PROGRAM
This program introduces students to Socrates and the primary Stoic Philosophers: Musonious Rufus, Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. Through this program you will:
Learn about the philosophy directly from the authors
Be able to confidently discuss, examine and share the ideas with others.
Create a Meditations journal of wisdom, thoughts and ideas that resonate with you.
Work with other students and mentors in a supportive community environment
Acquire certificates and a transcript documenting your achievements
Be introduced to the Stoic concepts of rationality, the dichotomy of control, good-bad-indifferent, living according to nature, Logic, Ethics, Physics, and Virtue
CURRICULUM
Upon enrollment, students choose one text to read during the term (Mar-Oct). If they finish, students may move on to the other texts, one at a time and in any order they choose, going at their own pace. Credit for the term will be given for all work completed by Oct. 31.
Reading progress will be reviewed after reaching certain milestones within the text. Students will then share with the Reading Guides the answers to the following questions:
What resonated with you?
What was challenging?
How can you apply what you have learned?
What did you add to your "Meditations" journal
In person reviews will be held in the Silicon Valley area, and Online students may complete the program via email.
As part of the program, students will be encouraged to participate in the monthly school discussions, connect with other students and to keep a personal Meditations journal to capture the ideas that resonate with them during their reading and study.
Available Texts
Available Texts
Socrates Memorabilia by Xenophon
Intergalactic's Favorite Pick: Translator: Penquin Classics, translation by Hugh Tredennick and Robin Waterfield
Lectures and Sayings – Musonius Rufus
Intergalactic's Favorite Pick: Translator: Cynthia King and William B. Irvine
Discourses – Epictetus
Intergalactic's Favorite Pick: Translator: Robert Dobbin
Letters - Seneca
Intergalactic's Favorite Pick: Translator: Robin Campbell
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius
Intergalactic's Favorite Pick: Translator: Maxwell Staniforth
School Community
School Community
The School works to develop a sense of community and shared purpose around the ideas of reason, virtue and creating the best lives possible. Membership in the community is open to those who sign up for the reading program as well as those who are just interested in the philosophy and meeting other Stoics. To join, click on the subscribe button below and you'll receive the monthly newsletter with philosophical insights as well as information on upcoming opportunities and events.
For those who sign-up for the Reading Program, there will be a study group to help you on your journey. Each reader is assigned to one of the four study groups which are represented by one of the cardinal virtues: Wisdom, Courage, Temperance and Justice (see crest below).
The Phoenix is the Symbol for the School as a whole.
The mascots for each study group is as follows:
Wisdom : Owl
Courage: Wombat
Temperance: Tortoise
Justice: Wolf
The school motto is Latin for "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
The Intergalactic Stoic School is hosted by the Fremont Stoics: https://www.meetup.com/Fremont-Stoics/
This is the Fremont chapter of the globally connected Stoic Fellowship. The mission of the Stoic Fellowship is to help build, foster, and connect Stoic communities worldwide.
The Olympian Shield
The Olympian Shield
Mount Olympus was the home of the Greek gods and a symbol of strength and reverence. In this symbol, Mount Olympus is in the shape of the capital Greek letter Lambda (Λ) which adorned the shields of ancient Sparta. For the Spartans it represented Lacedaemon their geographic home. It was first adopted in the 420s BC, and quickly became a widely known Spartan symbol. Military families passed on their shields to each generation as family heirlooms.
For us, this shield doesn’t only represent the philosophical heritage of ancient Greece. The lambda stands for Logos: the nature and order of the universe; it also stands for Liberty, the freedom that lies just beyond the threshold of philosophy; and Light, that through our embodiment of Stoic principles we become a quiet example shining in the world.
Lambda is also the first letter for each of the three drives of nature: to Live, Learn and Love; and when viewed from above the lambda becomes a “V” revealing our aim for Virtue and Veritas. The circle in which it resides represents the whole interconnected universe that we are a part of. This symbol embodies the principles of the philosophy, the inner strength that those principles bestow, and the fellowship of all rational beings.
The Olympian Shield represents our intellectual Greek heritage, the universe we are a part of, and the ideals we strive for as Stoics
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