Stoicism and Existentialism for Action
Like Duolingo, but for Stoicism and Existentialism for Action. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Stoicism and Existentialism for Action
- The Stoic Gap as a psychological space
- Facticity as the givens of life
- Applying reason to impressions
- Transcendence as freedom
- Preventing emotional distress
- Bad Faith and denying facticity
- The Stoic Gap mechanism
- Distinguishing Facticity and Transcendence
- The Dichotomy of Control separates our own volitional acts from external outcomes
- Existence precedes essence; you are not born with a fixed nature
- The Stoic Gap
- Your intentions and effort are internal; the world's reception is external
- Every choice is a 'self-surpassing' act that builds your identity
- Facticity vs Transcendence
- Focusing on externals leads to 'ataraxia' (tranquility) being broken by luck
- The Absurd is the conflict between our search for meaning and the silent world
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Stoicism and Existentialism for Action the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Which of these would an existentialist categorize as part of your 'Facticity'?
Get it right to open this lesson and 20 more in the app.
Where Stoicism and Existentialism for Action takes you
Bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and modern freedom to build a life of purpose. Learn to apply the Stoic's discipline and the Existentialist's radical responsibility to your daily choices.
- 1
Taking Command of the Present
- The First Response
- Designing Your Own Values
- 2
Navigating the Absurd and the Indifferent
- Embracing the Struggle
- Authenticity vs. Social Scripts
- 3
Living with Finality
- Mortality as a Motivator
- The Weight of Total Freedom
- 4
The Logic of the Good Life
- The Architecture of Character
4 sections · 7 units · 21 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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