Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life.

Well, on Thursdays, we not only read the daily meditation,

but we answer some questions from listeners and fellow Stoics.

We're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are. Some of these come from my talks. Some of these come

from Zoom sessions that we do with Daily Stoic Life members or as part of the challenges.

Some of them are from interactions I have on the street

when there happened to be someone there recording.

But thank you for listening, and we hope this is of use the Great. We know what he thought of Marius. We know what he thought of Marius. We know what he thought of entitled and gluttonous Romans, we have his seething satire of Claudius.

His prolific writings condemn and judge, rightfully so, hypocritical and often miserable folks.

We have his hundreds of letters, which are a must read.

We have dozens of essays, multiple books that explore these lives and other topics

at incredible depth.

But you know what we don't know much about?

What Seneca thought about himself and his job at Nero's right hand?

It's like that line from Taylor Swift's song,

Antihero, Seneca would apparently rather stare It's like that line from Taylor Swift's song, Anti-hero.

Seneca would apparently rather stare directly at the sun

than look in the mirror.

He's got volumes for other people.

He's got an eagle eye for elsewhere.

But his own struggles, his own contradictions, his own flaws.

Well, he never seems to touch on that.

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