Rob Colter
@robcolterphilos.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Wyoming. Director of Wyoming Pathways from Prison. I work on Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Philosophical Pedagogy, Philosophy as a Way of Life, and Higher Education in Carceral settings. Metalhead 🤘🤘
Some thoughts on the integrated parts of Stoic Philosophy. #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...
The Unity and Parts of Stoic Philosophy — Notes on Some Ancient Analogies
By comparison to contemporary academic philosophy, which has a whole variety of sub-specialties such as value theory, formal logic…
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July 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Some thoughts on the integrated parts of Stoic Philosophy. #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...
It’s just wild to me the number of folks who are like “what’s the cruelest, most hypocritical, most immoral position one could take on issue x? I think I’ll go with that.” Bizarre.
July 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It’s just wild to me the number of folks who are like “what’s the cruelest, most hypocritical, most immoral position one could take on issue x? I think I’ll go with that.” Bizarre.
The second entry in my series of essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...
Philosophy as a Way of Life, a survey; Part II — Philosophies of Life vs. PWOL
In Part I of this series, I laid out a high-level description of Pierre Hadot’s conception of Philosophy as a Way of Life (PWOL, by way of…
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June 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The second entry in my series of essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...
UW did a feature on me. A bit about how and why I became a philosopher, why I study Ancient Philosophy in particular, and the value of studying philosophy both ancient and in general. #philosophy #Stoicism #Academicsky youtu.be/9xdSpoOJmLQ?...
UWYO Faculty Spotlight | Robert Colter
YouTube video by University of Wyoming
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June 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
UW did a feature on me. A bit about how and why I became a philosopher, why I study Ancient Philosophy in particular, and the value of studying philosophy both ancient and in general. #philosophy #Stoicism #Academicsky youtu.be/9xdSpoOJmLQ?...
First in a planned series of short essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life. #Stoicism #philosophy medium.com/the-way-of-t...
Philosophy as a Way of Life, a survey; Part I — Pierre Hadot
The idea of Philosophy as a Way of Life was first introduced into philosophical circles by the work of Pierre Hadot. Hadot was a French…
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June 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
First in a planned series of short essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life. #Stoicism #philosophy medium.com/the-way-of-t...
Here I am, enthusiastically advocating for metal as a philosophy of life!
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Here I am, enthusiastically advocating for metal as a philosophy of life!
Beginning my journey home from #ismms in Sevilla. Feeling tired, hot, and incredibly inspired and stimulated by the cool and wonderful work of the folks in the world of metal music studies! #metalsky #academicsky #philosophysky
June 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Beginning my journey home from #ismms in Sevilla. Feeling tired, hot, and incredibly inspired and stimulated by the cool and wonderful work of the folks in the world of metal music studies! #metalsky #academicsky #philosophysky
On the train in Madrid. Headed to Sevilla!
June 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
On the train in Madrid. Headed to Sevilla!
May 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Join us on Saturday if you can! Link in comments. #Stoicism #philosophy
April 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Join us on Saturday if you can! Link in comments. #Stoicism #philosophy
Day one at the National Conference for Higher Education in Prison. A great opportunity for learning and making connections for this important and transformative work. My panel is tomorrow! #prisoneducation #academicsky #philosophy
April 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Day one at the National Conference for Higher Education in Prison. A great opportunity for learning and making connections for this important and transformative work. My panel is tomorrow! #prisoneducation #academicsky #philosophy
Excited to dip my toes into this research, and hopefully meet lots of cool people doing cool stuff! Nice to see it made official at the #ISMMS in Spain! #philosophy #metal
March 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Excited to dip my toes into this research, and hopefully meet lots of cool people doing cool stuff! Nice to see it made official at the #ISMMS in Spain! #philosophy #metal
Another letter from the Stoa Nova, a response to @greglopez.me from Massimo Pigliucci, in which Massimo changes his mind! #stoicism #philosophy newstoicism.org/2025/03/17/v...
Virtue = Right Reason = Prosocial life based on Reason
Group of bonobos, news.harvard.edu/gazette Dear Greg L, Thank you so much for your response to my initial prompt for the current round of Stoic Letters here at the Stoa Nova. You focused primarily …
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March 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Another letter from the Stoa Nova, a response to @greglopez.me from Massimo Pigliucci, in which Massimo changes his mind! #stoicism #philosophy newstoicism.org/2025/03/17/v...
Another Stoa Nova letter, responding to the one I posted the other day, this time from @greglopez.me newstoicism.org/2025/03/07/i...
#stoicism #philosophy
#stoicism #philosophy
Intensional Goodness
[Are you sure these two giraffes belong to the same species? How could you tell? Generated with DALL-E 3] Dear Massimo, I appreciate you putting forth a hypothesis about the possible similarities o…
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March 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Another Stoa Nova letter, responding to the one I posted the other day, this time from @greglopez.me newstoicism.org/2025/03/07/i...
#stoicism #philosophy
#stoicism #philosophy
Another series of letters at the Stoa Nova, starting with this one from Massimo Pigliucci: newstoicism.org/2025/02/28/i...
#Stoicism #Philodophy
#Stoicism #Philodophy
Is virtue an intrinsic good?
Playing ball skillfully, by Midjourney. Dear Fellow Proficientes, I wanted to raise an issue that has bothered me on and off for some time, concerning the alleged status of virtue as an intrinsic, …
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March 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Another series of letters at the Stoa Nova, starting with this one from Massimo Pigliucci: newstoicism.org/2025/02/28/i...
#Stoicism #Philodophy
#Stoicism #Philodophy
Decided kinda last minute to go see this show on Tuesday. Some people don’t get it, but this stuff clears my head and feeds my soul! #metal
February 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Decided kinda last minute to go see this show on Tuesday. Some people don’t get it, but this stuff clears my head and feeds my soul! #metal
On Saturday February 22, my friend and Colleague Greg Sadler is doing an online event on 3 key Stoic Ideas. Check it out at the link. #Stoicism #philosophy reasonio.teachable.com/p/three-key-...
Three Key Stoic Ideas: Dichotomy of Control, Indifferents, and Freedom & Determinism
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February 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On Saturday February 22, my friend and Colleague Greg Sadler is doing an online event on 3 key Stoic Ideas. Check it out at the link. #Stoicism #philosophy reasonio.teachable.com/p/three-key-...
One more in the current Stoa Nova letters series. This one from Greg Sadler: newstoicism.org/2025/02/03/f... #Stoicism #philosophy
Feeling better is not the point, but…
Studying Stoicism, by Midjourney Dear Friends, I’ve been a bit slow to respond to this most recent exchange of letters, since I’ve been under the weather this last week. But that did afford me the …
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February 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
One more in the current Stoa Nova letters series. This one from Greg Sadler: newstoicism.org/2025/02/03/f... #Stoicism #philosophy
Another entry in the latest series of letters at Stoa Nova, this one by John Sellars. In this rich entry in the series, Sellars casts doubt on the notion of "Stoic practice." newstoicism.org/2025/01/27/i... #philosophy #Stoicism
If you want to feel nice, be nice
To feel nice act nice, by Midjourney There’s lots to engage with in the letters by Greg, Meredith, and Massimo. In the first place I certainly agree with Greg that the motivation behind Stoicism is…
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January 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Another entry in the latest series of letters at Stoa Nova, this one by John Sellars. In this rich entry in the series, Sellars casts doubt on the notion of "Stoic practice." newstoicism.org/2025/01/27/i... #philosophy #Stoicism
Reposted by Rob Colter
Join us on 8 February. Meet other practicing Stoics, talk to and learn from the authors.
🎟️🦉: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
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January 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Join us on 8 February. Meet other practicing Stoics, talk to and learn from the authors.
🎟️🦉: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
🎟️🦉: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
Reposted by Rob Colter
What is Beyond Stoicism about? Join us for a presentation and conversation with authors Massimo Pigliucci, and Greg Lopez.
🎟️: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
via @modernstoicism.bsky.social w/ @greglopez.me
🎟️: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
via @modernstoicism.bsky.social w/ @greglopez.me
January 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What is Beyond Stoicism about? Join us for a presentation and conversation with authors Massimo Pigliucci, and Greg Lopez.
🎟️: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
via @modernstoicism.bsky.social w/ @greglopez.me
🎟️: bit.ly/m/Conversati...
via @modernstoicism.bsky.social w/ @greglopez.me
Reposted by Rob Colter
"The popularity of books on Stoicism reflects a widespread search for values in a world where we often feel powerless. However, its philosophical ideas have also been simplified and repurposed into self-help content, marketed by influencers and entrepreneurs..."
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Why Stoicism will always be in vogue
The popularity of books on Stoicism reflects a widespread search for values in a world where we often feel powerless. However, its philosophical ideas have also been simplified and repurposed into sel...
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January 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"The popularity of books on Stoicism reflects a widespread search for values in a world where we often feel powerless. However, its philosophical ideas have also been simplified and repurposed into self-help content, marketed by influencers and entrepreneurs..."
english.elpais.com/culture/2025...
english.elpais.com/culture/2025...