Becoming Stoic

Season Four · Meditations · Jun–Sep 2026

Twelve weeks on Meditations. No shortcuts.

Every Sunday a passage is due. Tuesday you get an essay on it. Friday we take it apart on a recorded call. That's the whole club, and there is no app to check and no streak to keep.

At a glance

Reading
· ~20 pages a week
Essays
· every Tuesday
Discussions
· Fridays, 8pm ET
Cost
· free
Readers
· 11,240

The schedule

Show the 4 earlier weeks

01 · Jun 14 · Complete

The life behind the notebook

Context · 12 pages

02 · Jun 21 · Complete

How to read a private notebook

Context · 9 pages

03 · Jun 28 · Complete

The manuscript and its survival

Context · 14 pages

04 · Jul 5 · Complete

Book I — On debts and lessons

§1–17 · 18 pages

05 · Jul 12 · Complete

Book II — On mortality

§1–17 · 19 pages

06 · Jul 19 · Complete

Book III — On the hour remaining

§1–16 · 21 pages

07 · Aug 2 · This week

Book IV — On not needing an audience

Essay published · discussion Friday 8pm ET

§1–17 · 22 pages

08 · Aug 9 · Ahead

Book V — On rising in the morning

§1–24 · 24 pages

09 · Aug 16 · Ahead

Book VI — On doing the work in front of you

§1–30 · 26 pages

Show the 3 remaining weeks

10 · Aug 23 · Ahead

Book VII — On what opinion adds

§1–75 · 28 pages

11 · Aug 30 · Ahead

Book VIII — On being wrong in public

§1–61 · 27 pages

12 · Sep 6 · Ahead

Book IX — On finishing

§1–42 · 23 pages

Start this Sunday.

One email a week with the passage, the essay, and the call link. Nothing to install. If you fall behind, the archive stays open, and people finish Season One all the time.

Free. Leave whenever you like.

Common questions

Do I need to have read anything?

No. Book I assumes nothing, and every essay gives the context.

Which translation should I buy?

Hays if you're buying one. Or read Long free in the library.

Do I have to join the calls?

Most people never do. Every call is recorded and posted Saturday.