The following episode was originally published on the Walled Garden podcast, formerly known as the Practical Stoic.

The host, Simon Drew, who is a musician, composer, poet, and philosopher, had me on to talk about my recent book, The Invention of Duty.

It was tons of fun, not just because Simon is a fascinating character, but also he really knows his Stoicism,

and so we were able to dive deep into some interesting aspects of the philosophy,

including, of course, the origins of the notion of duty, but also the stoic view of the soul

and how it differs from the Platonic model, and some similarities between Stoicism and Christianity.

And now, here's that conversation republished as a crosscast from The Walled Garden.

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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Wall Garden podcast.

Today I have for you a conversation with somebody who's not been on the show before.

Brand new guest, his name is Jack Viznick.

Now, Jack is the author of a new book called The Invention of Duty, where he kind of dives in very deep into the term and tries to rediscover the roots of this term or this idea of moral duty.

And he believes that you can tie it right back to the ancient Stoics, that they were the originators

of this term. And so in today's conversation,

we really cover that idea of moral duty, where does it come from, and what does it mean,

and also practically, what does it mean for our lives? So before we jump into the interview,

I'm going to tell you a little bit about Jack. So Jack Viznick is a classicist and historian of philosophy

interested in uncovering long-term patterns in history. He has a bachelor in classics and

mathematics from Columbia University and a PhD in ancient philosophy from Princeton. His book,

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