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Welcome back to practical stoicism. I'm your host, Tanner Campbell.

Today we're going to be getting into meditation number 33 from book four, which may at first seem like a repeat of yesterday.

But it isn't, and it reads as follows.

The words which were formally familiar are now antiquated. So also the names of those who were famed of old,

are now in a manner antiquated, for all things soon pass away and become a mere tale,

and complete oblivion soon buries them. And I say this of those who have shown in wondrous ways. For the rest,

as soon as they have breathed out their breath, they are gone, and no man speaks of them.

And to conclude the matter, what is even an eternal remembrance? A mere nothing. What then is that

about which we ought to employ our serious pains?

This one thing, thoughts just, and acts social, and words which never lie, and a disposition

which gladly accepts all that happens, as necessary, as usual, as flowing from a principle and source of the same kind.

In the first two lines, it's clear we're getting a reminder of what Marcus told us yesterday,

but he's adding some color in the third line when he says,

and I say this of those who have shown in wondrous ways. For the rest, as soon as they

have breathed out their last breath, they are gone, and no man speaks of them. Ouch, right? In other

words, the people who we remember did really great things, or at least really impactful things,

positive or negative. We, most of us,

me, you, comparatively, aren't doing that much, are we? I mean, I'm creating a podcast about

stoicism, and you're listening to it. But look at what we're spending our days mostly doing. Do you

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