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Education, Daily Stoic, Society & Culture, Stoic, Stoicism, Self-improvement, Business, Stoic Philosophy, Philosophy, Ryan Holiday

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It’s hard not to look at the lives of Marcus Aurelius and Seneca and Epictetus and Cato and Zeno and not see what seems like one trauma after another. The loss of young children. Civil wars. Betrayals. Sickness. Criticism. Droughts, deforestation and powerful storms. Then again, it’s hard not to look at our lives and see the same thing. Financial crises. Political unrest. Political violence. A pandemic. Terrorist attacks. Mass shootings. Climate change.

But of course, this is not how a Stoic tries to look at things. Because it’s not a great lens.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic Podcast early and add free on Amazon
0:04.8	music. Download the app today.
0:08.3	Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom
0:15.3	designed to help you in your everyday life.
0:17.9	Well on Thursdays, we not only read the daily meditation, but we answer some questions
0:21.7	from listeners and fellow Stoics.
0:23.4	We're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are.
0:27.8	Some of these come from my talks.
0:29.6	Some of these come from Zoom sessions that we do with Daily Stoic Life members or as
0:35.3	part of the challenges.
0:37.3	Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happen to be someone
0:41.0	they're recording.
0:42.0	Thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you.
0:53.4	This is a good moment.
0:55.4	It's hard not to look at the lives of Marcus Aurelius and Senica and Epictetus and Cato
1:00.0	and Zeno and not see what seems like one trauma after another, the loss of young children,
1:06.5	civil wars, betrayal, sickness, criticism, droughts, powerful storms.
1:11.7	And then again, it's hard not to look at our own lives and see the same thing.
1:15.7	Financial crises, political unrest, political violence, a pandemic, terrorist attacks, mass
1:20.5	shootings, climate change.
1:22.9	But of course, this is not how a Stoic tries to look at things because it's not a great
1:27.5	lens.
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