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Hey there, and welcome back to practical stoicism. I'm your host, Tanner Campbell, and in today's

episode, we're going to be going through meditation number two of book two. Just a quick reminder,

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And with that, let's get into the second meditation of book two,

which reads as follows. Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath and the

ruling part. Throw away thy books. No longer distract thyself. It is not allowed. But as if thou

was dying now, despise the flesh.

It is blood and bones and a network, a contexture of nerves, veins, and arteries.

See the breath also, what kind of a thing it is, air, and not always the same, but every moment

sent out and again sucked in. The third then is the ruling part.

Consider thus, thou art an old man, no longer be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet

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