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At the very end of his life, we know that Marcus Aurelius

was making arrangements for many guardians,

among whom were numbered to be the best men in the Senate to look after his kids.

We know that at the end of his life, Seneca was with his wife Paulina, hugging her and urging

her calmly not to grieve for him too much and to live on without him.

We know that Cato spent his final night hosting friends and family for dinner.

Wine was poor, dice were rolled, plates were passed, and philosophy was discussed because in the end it was

friendship and being together that counted. It's interesting that these three great Stoics spent

their final moments, not as lone wolves but as friends as

fathers as people who loved their fellow human beings. On a recent episode of

the Daily Stoic podcast with the comedian Christina P which you should listen to if you haven't I'll link to it she tells this story of an experience that led to a similar insight

So I I broke my ankle two years ago and they talk about this my last special but I read a joke about it but the truth is they gave me a shit ton of ketamine.

Yeah. And in my k-hole as they call it I've never done ketamine. I was deeply tripping and I thought I was dying. I really did. I was like, I think this is it, man.

And I wasn't thinking about my career. I wasn't stoked that I had so many specials on Netflix or that I had this successful

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