I'll disagree with Michael. This essay is relevant because it is focused on our actions in the face of perceived tyranny. It doesn't matter how the media portrays a person. What matters is how we come to judge our impressions of that person and what we do with this judgment.
Additionally, political assassination is never inferred in the article, and Stoicism isn't about controlling one's hatred or harming others, at least not specifically. It's about using reason to act in the best interest of the common good. To determine the right actions, we must look to our roles; however, Caleb reminds us that our roles as humans take precedence over the other roles.
Taken at face value the essay is irrelevant in today’s environment in the USA. The only evidence of a tyrant is what political opposition and media say to win one over to their politics, to win an election. To infer by the essay political assassins could be right is to possibly validate the morally corrupt person to kill an elected official. Stoicism is about controlling one’s hate and harm to others.
What the Stoics say about Daniel working with Nebedchunezzar (sp?)
I'll disagree with Michael. This essay is relevant because it is focused on our actions in the face of perceived tyranny. It doesn't matter how the media portrays a person. What matters is how we come to judge our impressions of that person and what we do with this judgment.
Additionally, political assassination is never inferred in the article, and Stoicism isn't about controlling one's hatred or harming others, at least not specifically. It's about using reason to act in the best interest of the common good. To determine the right actions, we must look to our roles; however, Caleb reminds us that our roles as humans take precedence over the other roles.
Taken at face value the essay is irrelevant in today’s environment in the USA. The only evidence of a tyrant is what political opposition and media say to win one over to their politics, to win an election. To infer by the essay political assassins could be right is to possibly validate the morally corrupt person to kill an elected official. Stoicism is about controlling one’s hate and harm to others.
An insightful and relevant essay pertinent to our current times.