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Practical Stoicism

Your Pavilion of Virtue

Practical Stoicism

Evergreen Podcasts

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8662 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:10.4

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0:26.3

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0:37.2

Welcome back to practical stoicism. I hope you enjoyed my conversation earlier this week with James Rom on death, dying, and Seneca. If you missed it, be sure to give it a listen. It's really good. Also, personal favor, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love a few five-star reviews on Apple podcasts.

0:53.3

Recently, a few disgruntled passers-by have decided that this podcast is worthy of two and one-star reviews.

0:59.7

It's a little bit of a bummer to see that, so if you wouldn't mind taking a few seconds to help me balance that out, I would appreciate it.

1:05.4

If, of course, that is, you feel that this show deserves a five-star review, which I hope you think it does.

1:10.4

A couple of life updates for you. Winston is tear-assing around the house like a maniac,

1:15.5

and Jupiter is trying his best not to kill him, which I think is hard, since Winston is

1:19.8

constantly going after his tail and ankles. I'll admit that the interactions are funny to watch,

1:25.4

but I do feel bad for the old boy. He is very good with him,

1:28.2

though. And that's a pleasant surprise. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about,

1:32.3

last week we adopted a new puppy. That's about all I've got for life updates, so let's dive into

1:37.0

today's meditation, which is short, but may result in some long reflection. No random actions. None, not based on underlying principles.

1:49.1

And that's it. Doesn't seem like much, does it? Well, let's see what we can pull from this

1:53.5

nine-word meditation from Marcus. We've talked a few times about paying attention, prosaq,

2:00.0

and how critical it is to mind your mind.

2:03.3

It isn't practical for someone to expect to never take a random action, to never lose focus on

2:09.2

minding their mind, but, like the rest of the work we do as procoptons, it's not about being

2:15.1

perfect, it's about making a constant effort to become better. When Marcus says

2:21.0

no random actions, sure, he may be telling us to strive to perform zero random actions in our lives,

2:28.7

but the absence of sages and stoicism tells us that's not what any stooic would truly expect from us. No Stoic is

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