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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 🀘🀘

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Distinguished Scholar Series: Rob Colter , Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup Join us for our monthly conversation with a scholar in Modern Stoicism or another branch of philosophy. This month, we welcome Rob Colter, Senior Lecturer and Department He

Hi! I will be speaking at this event on February 28. If you want to hear me yapping about #Stoicism and related topics, please tune in! Distinguished Scholar Series: Rob Colter www.meetup.com/global-stoa/...

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The Unity and Parts of Stoic Philosophyβ€Šβ€”β€ŠNotes on Some Ancient Analogies By comparison to contemporary academic philosophy, which has a whole variety of sub-specialties such as value theory, formal logic…

Some thoughts on the integrated parts of Stoic Philosophy. #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...

02.07.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s just wild to me the number of folks who are like β€œwhat’s the cruelest, most hypocritical, most immoral position one could take on issue x? I think I’ll go with that.” Bizarre.

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Philosophy as a Way of Life, a survey; Part IIβ€Šβ€”β€ŠPhilosophies 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…

The second entry in my series of essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life #philosophy #Stoicism medium.com/the-way-of-t...

27.06.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very good. I’m not much of a Reddit user, but feel free.

27.06.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps. What are you thinking?

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UWYO Faculty Spotlight | Robert Colter
UWYO Faculty Spotlight | Robert Colter YouTube video by University of Wyoming

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?...

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Philosophy as a Way of Life, a survey; Part Iβ€Šβ€”β€ŠPierre 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…

First in a planned series of short essays on Philosophy as a Way of Life. #Stoicism #philosophy medium.com/the-way-of-t...

17.06.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here I am, enthusiastically advocating for metal as a philosophy of life!

15.06.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Stoic β€œBig Three” and their Predecessors: Some notes on Ancient Stoic History and Context I get the impression that most people these days come to Stoicism through one of the many popular books out there on Stoicism. Many of…

My latest on Medium! medium.com/the-way-of-t... #Stoicism #philosophy

13.06.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

08.06.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Putting it into the universe. Any #ismms #metalsky folks in Sevilla want to get together for an early (by Mediterranean standards) dinner. Say 7:40-8pm? I’m staying a couple blocks from the Setas.

02.06.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the train in Madrid. Headed to Sevilla!

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Coming next week in Sevilla! #metalsky #academicsky #philosophysky #philosophy #stoicism

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🀘🀘🀘🀘🀘

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That’s what social media is for, right?

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Death Angel

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Conversations with Modern Stoicism - Marcus Aurelius Birthday SPECIAL EVENT Β· Zoom Β· Luma Our presenter Robert S. Colter is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming. With a PhD from…

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Conversations with Modern Stoicism - Marcus Aurelius Birthday SPECIAL EVENT Β· Zoom Β· Luma Our presenter Robert S. Colter is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming. With a PhD from…

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Join us on Saturday if you can! Link in comments. #Stoicism #philosophy

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This morning!

11.04.2025 13:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

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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

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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 …

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...

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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…

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

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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, …

Another series of letters at the Stoa Nova, starting with this one from Massimo Pigliucci: newstoicism.org/2025/02/28/i...
#Stoicism #Philodophy

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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

17.02.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Three Key Stoic Ideas: Dichotomy of Control, Indifferents, and Freedom & Determinism

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-...

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To be fair, even if he weren’t a sycophant, he’d still be a Nazi.

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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 …

One more in the current Stoa Nova letters series. This one from Greg Sadler: newstoicism.org/2025/02/03/f... #Stoicism #philosophy

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