Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 11 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Lucas Vollet
Course Overview
Judgment, Control, and Anxiety
Modern life produces constant mental noise: anxiety, overreaction, distraction, emotional instability.
The Stoic Core is a practical philosophical training designed to rebuild inner order, not through motivation, but through discipline of judgment.
In this course, you will learn how classical Stoic psychology offers concrete tools to regulate emotion, stabilize attention, and restore control over your own mental economy.
Drawing from Stoic philosophy (Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Seneca), ancient historical examples, and modern attention psychology, this course shows why anxiety is not only emotional but structural — and how Stoicism offers a disciplined alternative to today’s culture of reaction, validation, and pleasure
You will learn how to face life without surrendering clarity.
Production note: This is professionally produced using AI tools under human direction.. AI assists in visual and audio production to enhance learning and memory retention. All philosophical content and course design are authored by the instructor. Voice synthesis is used only to improve audio clarity and accessibility.
What makes this course different is that it is not an isolated product.
The Stoic Core functions as an entry point into a broader intellectual production ecosystem developed by the author (Lucas Vollet, Phd in Philosophy). While this course focuses on practical mental training and applied Stoic discipline, students who wish to deepen the theoretical foundations will find complementary courses exploring philosophy of mind, Kantian epistemology, semantics, and the limits of computation.
In this structure, The Stoic Core provides the psychological and disciplinary base, while advanced courses expand the conceptual architecture behind these practices. This allows learners to move naturally from application to theory, from discipline to deeper understanding — without fragmenting the learning process.
Course Content
- 5 section(s)
- 8 lecture(s)
- Section 1 The Stoic Core: Judgment, Power, and Inner Authority
- Section 2 The Trained Will: Epictetus and Inner Stability
- Section 3 Meaning, Pleasure, and the Architecture of Life
- Section 4 Emotional Discipline: Sadness, Grief, and Joy
- Section 5 Montaigne — Solitude and Inner Independence
What You’ll Learn
- Train inner discipline to make clearer decisions with emotional stability and rational focus, Apply Stoic principles to regain mental clarity during stress, pressure, and uncertainty, Apply Stoic psychological techniques to stressful situations, uncertainty, and daily pressure, Develop inner discipline to make decisions with greater emotional stability and rational control
