🌐Hierocles | Free Course
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🌐Welcome to the Free Hierocles Course for Everyday People
🎧 Read by Daniel
Audio - Listen on the Go
Hierocles kept returning to one steady question, the kind that never stops mattering: where does our concern for other people actually come from, and how far out is it meant to reach? Inside this course, you'll explore his answer, through oikeiosis, the natural affinity he saw at the root of all human care, his famous circles of concern, widening outward from the self to family, community, and the whole human race, and his teaching on appropriate acts, how to meet the duties of ordinary life well. Millions of people around the world still read and practice Stoic philosophy today. The course stays pure to Hierocles and his Stoic school, with no other thinkers or modern methods blended in, all in plain English, made for beginners and easy for anyone to follow, whether you've read Stoic philosophy for years or this is the very first page of it you've ever opened.
Every module teaches you something you can actually use. You'll learn real Stoic skills, techniques, and processes, taught with real-life examples so you can see the ideas in action, step-by-step instructions, and an exercise that walks you through what you just learned, so you can start using it in your daily life right away. As you practice, choose light, everyday material, the small stuff that's easy to handle. These practices are for learning, not for working through trauma or your heaviest, most painful things. Light material is the training ground, not the ceiling. These skills were built to meet many of life's harder challenges, and steady practice is what makes them strong enough to do it.
This course is completely self-paced, with no tests, exams, or homework, so binge it start to finish like a Netflix series or wander through slowly, go in order or jump straight to whatever module calls to you.
Below is the full course outline. Click any module to jump right in, or save this page and come back whenever you have more time.
Course Outline
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Orientation
Core Teachings
3. Oikeiosis
Closing
Bonus
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