It’s a Double Standard, but So What?
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🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
"The Stoics were hard on themselves. No question about it. They knew what was right and they insisted on holding themselves to that. They were absolutists. Even if it meant death. Even if it meant avoidable suffering. Even if it meant passing on acceptable pleasures."
But as Ryan explains, the Stoics judged themselves by a double standard—the results of which he talks about on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.
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| 1:10.8 | It's a double standard, but so what? The Stealocs were hard on themselves. No question |
| 1:16.2 | about it. They knew what was right and they insisted on holding themselves to that. They |
| 1:20.9 | were absolutists. Even if it meant death, even if it meant avoidable suffering, even if |
| 1:26.6 | it meant passing on acceptable pleasures. But what's interesting is that as strict as this |
| 1:31.8 | standard was, they applied it narrowly because while Marcus Aurelius was tough on himself, |
| 1:37.1 | incorruptible, exhaustive, ceaselessly dedicated as emperor, he was said to be incredibly |
| 1:43.0 | forgiving of his staff. Consider those first words in meditations where he describes the |
| 1:48.3 | people he's going to meet that day. Certainly jealous, dishonest, arrogant, petty. Can you |
| 1:53.2 | imagine him ever allowing himself to be those things? Not a chance. But there he was reminding |
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