Stoa: Daily Stoic Philosophy

Other than some lag because of weak internet, this app is great. It made me curious with philosophy and helped me make sense of the things about me and my surroundings. I would recommend this to all!

Great but lags heavily in my device and sometimes crashes

It’s an underrated app that I’d recommend to friends and family. The guided meditations are only 15 minutes long, short enough to squeeze in during the day. It provides not only essential stoic principles but also successfully guides listeners to practice objective judgement mentally, promoting a stoic attitude of reminding ourselves of the control we have over our internal world. Truly grateful for this app. It’s been a big help.

This app is structured very well and supports making progress in the Stoic philosophy. Each day is significant, manageable and productive!

App is great, beautiful, and super helpful. Reasons why I didn’t give full 5 stars: 1) it’d be great if it would integrate with apple health to automatically log mediation minutes, 2) it doesn’t seem to sync my progress across devices, and 3) I’d like to be able to bulk download at once, so I could get say a week’s worth of content from a course at once.

I found stoicism in college, much like the founders of this app. I read Meditations, studied its theory, wrote papers, but never internalized the philosophy as a way of living. As a medical student, I re-discovered stoicism and it has helped me through some difficult times. I know it will continue to help me throughout the most difficult hurdles in medical residency and beyond. This app has given me a space to reflect on my goals, my relationships, and how to improve on living a virtuous life. Thank you for this wonderful creation

positive thoughts - demanding action - power trips - sufficient significance according to our place in the hierarchy - treats overthinking !

For me, the answer is yes. Why? Because I need training to school, my mind and the way to think. I have a measuring stick for everything that comes before me. This allows me to be clear in my thinking and values. To help me “be indifferent to that which makes no difference. and this is how we learn. By looking at each thing, it’s parts and the hole. Keeping in mind that none of them forces themselves upon us rather they’ve hovered before us it is we who describe meaning and judgment, we don’t have to we can leave the page blank, and if Mark slips through, erase it immediately “ to put the beginning at the end. This is how we learn to live a good life. This yardstick and others that Stella teaches through stoicism you have a clear benchmark on how to think which is all we really have control over our judgments and our decisions in our own mind. Thoughts matter just as words count. This is the mental gym it will give you the right mind for the world. Dr. Mark Garrison.

Although I am struggling with consistency while using the app, the meditations and the daily lessons have helped me grasp my inner challenges and now I atleast have a path to follow to help me become the best version of myself

This app changed my life. I have learned so much about the history of Stoic philosophy and the important ideas that stoicism teaches. I was able to do this in a relatively short amount of time each day because it adds up to a lot over months. I wish the app had a more organized presentation of the philosophical system and not just present it through small quotes. I found the meditations very nice and natural because they do not force you to erase your mind unlike most other meditation apps: that just isn't a good thing to do. Stoa taught me to analyze my thoughts, practice by consciously changing my thoughts, and then I found that I unconsciously, automatically lived out stoicism in my life.