Memorize the Stoics!

Although I don’t use memory techniques in the ways Vost describes, I admire his clarity about how they can be used. Vost fills a void all too often missing from the world of memory training: A guide based on pointing mnemonics at a specific skill: which in this case is retaining the precise words offered by a variety of Stoic philosophers.

As I read, I memorized a few of the lines from Seneca in Latin. As often happens, what seems quaint or merely interesting starts to become much more profound when you have the words rolling around in your mind… show more.