Learning How To Say No

Practical Stoicism

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Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:58.8	Welcome back, Procopton.
1:00.1	Glad you're here.
1:03.6	Today, we're taking letter number 22 from Seneca,
1:08.3	a long one entitled On the Futility of Halfway Measures.
1:14.6	Seneca's letters are, by the way, getting longer and longer and longer, and as they do, he reminds me a bit of Colonel Hathie from the Jungle Book. Do you
1:21.5	remember the elephant leader? He was, in the words of his pachyderm partner, Winifred, I believe her name was,
1:29.1	a pompous old windbag.
1:32.1	Seneca, especially in these longer letters, borders on being intolerable for me,
1:37.8	as I always envision him standing on an elevated platform speaking like a flamboyant
1:43.6	Shakespearean character
1:45.0	to all the rest of us dummies gathered around him.
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