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And today, we're covering Meditation 31 of Book 4, which reads as follows.

Love the art, poor as it may be, which thou hast learned, and be content with it,

and pass through the rest of life like one who has entrusted to the gods with his whole soul all that he has,

making thyself neither the tyrant nor the slave of any man.

Marcus is cutting us to the quick this morning. Stoicism is not a philosophy of financial wealth, nor of opulent possessions. In fact, there's a reasonably good chance as a

stoic that recognizes the lack of inherent good or bad in money or things. You may never have

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