What Is It For If Not This? | Ask Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 1 May 2025
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You will never be secure enough, powerful enough that you won’t be afraid—that’s the whole point of courage.
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| 0:12.3 | What would the Stoics think of therapy? |
| 0:15.4 | I don't know, maybe some of them might have been closed-minded about it, but I'd like to think |
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| 1:22.6 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a stoic-inspired meditation designed to help you find strength and insight and wisdom into everyday life. |
| 1:29.8 | Each one of these episodes is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy |
| 1:33.7 | that has guided some of history's greatest men and women |
| 1:38.3 | to help you learn from them, to follow in their example, |
| 1:43.8 | and to start your day off with a little dose of courage |
| 1:48.0 | and discipline and justice and wisdom. For more, visitdailystoic.com. What is it for, if not, for this? |
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