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The Daily Stoic

You Always Have The Power To Resist

The Daily Stoic

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Education, Daily Stoic, Stoic, Ryan Holiday, Self-improvement, 694393, Stoic Philosophy, Business, Society & Culture, Stoicism, Philosophy

4.55.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

"When one considers the notion of 'resignation and the principle of 'amor fati,' it might not seem like the Stoics and the idea of political resistance would go together. But this modern misconception would come as a surprise to the many tyrants and oppressors that found themselves in conflict with the Stoics over the centuries."

Learn how a Stoic handles the presence of injustice in today's Daily Stoic Podcast.

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0:00.0

Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stood Podcast early and add free on Amazon

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music. Download the app today.

0:07.4

Hello, I'm Hannah.

0:08.9

And I'm Ciri T and we are the hosts of a Red Handed, a weekly True Crime Podcast.

0:13.6

Every week on Red Handed, we get stuck into the most talked about cases.

0:17.0

From the Idaho Student Killings, the Delphi Murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch

0:21.5

Saga.

0:22.5

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Short Hand, which is just an excuse

0:27.2

for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what

0:29.8

we like.

0:30.8

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's

0:34.1

blood, the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon

0:38.8

of genetic sexual attraction.

0:40.6

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior.

0:45.5

Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized?

0:48.1

What drives a child to kill?

0:50.3

And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

0:52.2

Listen to Red Handed wherever you get your podcast.

0:54.5

And access our bonus Short Hand episodes exclusively on Amazon Music, or by subscribing

0:59.2

to Wondry Plus, in Apple podcasts or the Wondry app.

1:03.0

Welcome to the Daily Stoic.

1:11.0

For each day, we read a short passage designed to help you cultivate the strength, insight,

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