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🗓️ 30 March 2023
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Summary
Both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington profited from slavery, but both knew it was wrong. Yet at the end of their lives, it was Washington who freed his slaves, not Jefferson, who had written far more eloquently about human equality as well as the eternal shame of slavery.
Why was that?
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| 0:10.3 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life. |
| 0:17.3 | Well, on Thursdays, we not only read the daily meditation, but we answer some questions from listeners and fellow Stoics. |
| 0:23.3 | We're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are. |
| 0:27.6 | Some of these come from my talks. |
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| 0:37.1 | Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happened to be someone there recording. |
| 0:42.2 | But thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you. |
| 0:53.2 | This helps you be a better person. |
| 0:57.1 | Both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington profited from slavery, but both knew it was wrong. |
| 1:03.2 | Yet at the end of their lives, it was Washington who freed his slaves, not Jefferson, who had written so eloquently about human equality as well as the eternal shame of slavery. |
| 1:14.6 | Why was that? |
| 1:15.7 | It's because Washington far more disciplined and Stoic could afford to manimate his slaves. |
| 1:22.0 | Early on, he hadn't been able to afford to run Mount Vernon without them, but he was secure enough at the end to do what he obviously should have done and what his conscience knew he should have done years earlier. |
| 1:35.2 | Jefferson, the epicurion was more than $100,000 in debt when he died. |
| 1:40.9 | He ransacked Europe, frantiques, and finery. |
| 1:43.9 | He had expanted Monticello multiple times, sparing no offense. |
| 1:48.8 | He had loved wine and the best foods, and now he could not remotely afford redemption. |
| 1:54.2 | He was scared of leaving nothing to his children. |
| 1:57.1 | He could not afford to do the right thing. |
| 2:01.5 | Discipline as a virtue is related to the other virtues by controlling our urges or wants or lifestyle. |
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