Death, Dying, and Seneca with James Romm

Practical Stoicism

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Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Many listeners have written in expressing difficulty in accepting death and reframing it as the Stoics framed it. So, in today's episode, I speak with Professor of Classics at Bard University and author of "How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life" and "Dying Every Day, Seneca at the Court of Nero." During our conversation, James shares much about Seneca's life with me, and much about why overcoming death is critical to living a good life. We also discuss the concept of "dying well." -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path -- View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors -- Visit our website : https://stoicismpod.com Check out our reading list : https://stoicismpod.com/suggested-reading Read our articles : https://stoicismpod.com/category/articles -- Online copy of Meditations (Long) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/meditations-long Online copy of Meditations (Casaubon) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/meditations-casaubon Online copy of Seneca's Letters : https://link.stoicismpod.com/letters -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.3	Welcome back to practical stoicism. I'm your host, Tanner Campbell, and today I'm going to be interviewing a gentleman by the name of James Rom. James is a professor of philosophy at Bard College.
1:10.0	He's also the author of a number of books, all of which
1:12.9	are quite fantastic, and which include most recently The Sacred Band, How to Give, an Ancient Guide to
1:19.7	to Giving and Receiving, How to Keep Your Cool, an ancient guide to anger management,
1:24.7	Dying Every Day, Seneca at the Court of Nero, and, most relevant to this
1:30.1	conversation, How to Die, an ancient guide to the end of life. This is a compilation of works
1:36.0	from Seneca, and then it is edited, translated, and introduced, and discussed by James.
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