This Stoicism research audio program is presented by the master historian Eugen Weber. I was much involved in it and I find it worthwhile to extract it from the broad research we did to be a stand alone program of above two hours. The purpose of producing and presenting this research in this single format is to help people, see now there is a surge of admiration of Stoicism today.

The program provides a solid basic understanding but indepth background to Stoicism. Through Eugen Weber we can deduce that Pericles is the Father of Stoicism. From Pericles, Weber passes through Socrates, Plato while touching on Calicles and Thales. Then from there he descend on Aristotle as a teacher of Alexander the Great, from there through this brand of philosophy went on to conquer the whole world and become God.

Weber then ushers us into the Hellenistic Age, and there we get ideas from Epicurus, the grand daddy of epicureanism, and then we get to the Cynics, and their father is Diogenes. Then Weber spent some time in introducing us to Stoicism as promulgated by Zeno. From there we get to Epictetus and early Christianity.

What a joyful journey!

This a great program if you want to have firm grasp of Stoicism and or if you want to succeed and be another Alexander the Great. Or simply you just want to be Epictetus; a man born as a raw slave but through the application of Stoicism raised himself up from dirt and scum to be a great teacher and philosopher advising kings and queens.

So much today that is called Stoicism is pure junk and nonsense. If not junk and nonsense then is stagnated ideas, polluted water from polluted streams. Get fresh waters. Eugen Weber is, by common consent, the most versatile and practical historian of all times.

Here, you get to hear from this great teacher; from his mouth and voice.

I was Weber’s researcher at the time he was researching, producing and presenting the Western Tradition video public lecture series. I worked hard and spending sleepless nights criss crossing Los Angeles and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In Los Angeles I was practically sleeping at the UCLA Library while at Metropolitan Museum of Art I was perusing historical artifacts that was to be used to augment the public lecture series. It was taxing duty to perform but one that I enjoyed very much.

I have never enjoyed my life and life in general than that time from 1986 to 1990 when I was fully immersed into working with Eugen Weber on the Western Tradition.