Epictetus - Discourses Pt. 2: On Preserving Character
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🗓️ 16 July 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
In today’s audiobook reading, Ryan presents an excerpt from one of the seminal texts of Stoicism, the Discourses of Epictetus, read by Michael Reid. As a series of lectures given by Epictetus that were written down by his pupil Arrian in 108 A.D., these discourses provide practical advice to think on and practice in order to move oneself closer toward the ultimate goal of living free and happy. In this second section, Epictetus teaches how one can preserve their character in any and all situations.
You can listen to part 1 here: https://wondery.com/shows/the-daily-stoic/episode/11074-epictetus-discourses-pt-1
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic podcast. |
| 0:08.2 | On Sundays we take a deeper dive into these ancient topics with excerpts from the Stoic |
| 0:13.3 | texts, audiobooks that we like here recommend here at Daily Stoic and other long form wisdom |
| 0:21.6 | that you can chew on on this relaxing weekend. |
| 0:25.5 | We hope this helps shape your understanding of this philosophy and most importantly |
| 0:30.1 | that you're able to apply it to your actual life. |
| 0:33.5 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:47.3 | Hey, it's Ryan Holiday. |
| 0:48.6 | Welcome to another Sunday episode of the Daily Stoic podcast. |
| 0:52.6 | I hope everything is going well with all of you. |
| 0:56.6 | Recently we brought you a chunk of Epic Titus' discourses. |
| 1:01.6 | It's interesting, right? |
| 1:02.8 | Epic Titus doesn't write anything down. |
| 1:04.5 | These are his sort of lecture notes. |
| 1:06.5 | This is what his student, Aryan, is jotting down trying to record the wisdom of this great |
| 1:12.6 | teacher. |
| 1:13.7 | So it's weird that getting it read to you, in this case we're bringing you an excerpt |
| 1:19.0 | brought to you by Michael Reed, who's been doing some great voice overwork for us. |
| 1:24.3 | But in discourses, we're going to get a real sample of what it might have been like |
| 1:29.7 | to be one of Epic Titus' students. |
| 1:33.2 | Although Marcus does read Epic Titus a generation or so later, he's given notes, probably |
| 1:38.1 | Aryans, but perhaps Rousticus' notes in the beginning of Meditations, Marcus thanks |
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