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Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic Podcast. On Sundays, we take a deeper dive into these ancient topics with excerpts from the Stoic texts,

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I've raved about Princeton University Press's Ancient Wisdom for Modern Reader Series and today we have an excerpt from their edition of Epictetus, which I quite like how to be free and ancient guide to the stoic life translated by Anthony Long and in it, epictetus talks about how being free is a matter of being unobstructed by things that are not being used.

This is a guy who was a slave and he's saying actually I don't want to be semantic here, but slavery isn't about illegal status.

Slavery is about are you in control of yourself your desires and a versions epictetus would say who's deciding what you want and don't want what your opinions are or aren't your moods this way or that way.

If we stop desiring things that are outside of our control we cease to be a slave legal status or not.

Epictetus of course one of the great stoic thinkers I'm happy to bring you this audio excerpt you can pick up the physical edition of the book here at the Painted Porch I carry it it's a great book I love it I've got it here on my shelf you can listen to it on audio anywhere you get your audio books I books.

Audible etc and if you are interested in learning more about epictetus I just did this new kids book called the girl who would be free which is a fictionalized version of epictetus and his slash her origin story to introduce your kids to stoicism or maybe just remind you of the principles I hope you can check that out anywhere books are sold but also at daily stoic.com slash girl.

Thank you to Princeton University Press for allowing us to excerpt this and do check out how to be free in ancient guide to the stoic life.

One learning to desire each thing as it happens.

The person who was guessing an education ought to approach this process with the following aim how can I follow the gods in everything how can I be content with the divine administration and how can I become free well you are free if nothing happens that conflicts with your will and if no one is able to obstruct you what does that mean are you telling me that freedom is madness no of course not freedom and madness don't go together.

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