Hi, thanks for tuning into ancient Greece Declassified. This episode is a crosscast,

meaning that it's being released both here and on the Classical Wisdom Speaks podcast.

My friend Anya, host of the pod and founder of classical wisdom.com, invited me on her show recently to talk about

my new book, which I mentioned briefly in an earlier episode and which some of you have been

asking me about.

So I thought doing this crosscast might be a nice break from the ongoing Republic series,

and give you a preview of what my book is about, and also allow any of you who don't yet know

about Classical Wisdom Speaks to discover that most excellent program. So if you like this episode,

check out Classical Wisdom Speaks on your podcast app, where you'll find many great

conversations with ancient historians and classicists, and also check out Classical Wisdom.com,

where there are tons of fun articles

exploring the ancient world. For any of you who prefer to watch things rather than listen to them,

there's also a video version of this interview on the Classical Wisdom YouTube channel.

And now, here's the episode.

Thank you. Here's the episode. What was the stoic formula for living the good life?

When was the idea of moral duty conceived? And why was its invention

so controversial? Hello, this is Anya Leonard, founder and director of classical wisdom.

You were listening to Classical Wisdom Speaks, a podcast dedicated to bringing ancient wisdom

to modern minds.

Today I'm speaking with Jack Viznick, also known as Lantern Jack, host of the ancient Greece to classified podcast and director of research at the Anasoclossus Institute.

He is also the author of the new book, The Invention of Duty, Stoicism as Deontology.

But before we begin, a quick thank you to our Classical Wisdom Society members who make

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