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Book 1, Meditation 13 -- #1: Become a premium subscriber and get rid of ads: https://practicalstoicism.supportingcast.fm #2: Visit our store but buy some stuff: https://shop.stoicismpod.com #3: Attend some of our live worksho...

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Seneca's 5th letter is about the balance between poverty and opulence, for the good of those we teach. The Philosopher's Mean. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in ...

Meditation #10 from Book #1 -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Read our articles on Substack: ht...

Don't be alone, don't be with the crowd either - be with someone who makes you ashamed to act badly in their presence. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Leave us a one-time tip of …

Don't fool yourself into believing you're to busy to be connected with other members of the cosmopolis in a meaningful way. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Leave us a one-time tip...

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Was "Seneca Tragicus" Seneca the Youngers ultimate form? Maybe! In this week's letter we talk about tragedy and trauma. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Leave us a one-time tip of ...

We demand things of our leaders, but what do we demand of ourselves as leaders and as individuals with various duties? -- Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Read articles on ...

Every step you take, every move you make, every breath you take, every vow you break, SENECA will be watching you. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free lis...

Are you a grammar nazi? Do you attempt to invalidate arguments based on spelling or pronunciation errors? Well then, I've got a particular grammarian I'd like you to meet. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link...

Are you alone with a bad man? How about a bad woman? You shouldn't be! Listen to learn more about this vague advice! -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our …

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Letter #38 from Seneca -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our daily Stoic journaling progra...

Book 1, Meditation 5. Marcus thanks Apollonius. -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord Join our dail...

"Let us cease to desire that which we have been desiring. I, at least, am doing this: in my old age I have ceased to desire what I desired when a boy. To this single end my days and my …

Today we’re covering meditation #4 from book #1 of Meditations and in it, we are going to hear why Marcus was thankful to Rusticus. Quintus Junius Rusticus was a Roman teacher and politician. He was probably also a grandson o...

Welcome back to Practical Stoicism, dear Prokopton, I’m glad you’re here. Today we’re jumping into letter 80 of Seneca’s moral letters to Lucilius. "To-day I have some free time, thanks not so much to myself as to the games, ...

So today we’ll revisit Book 1 Meditation 1 to read what is defined in other places as book 1 meditation 3. Here’s that segment: "Of my mother I have learned to be religious, and bountiful; and to forbear, not only …

Letter #3 of Seneca's letters to Lucilius (link to source, below). -- Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/di...

"Of him that brought me up, not to be fondly addicted to either of the two great factions of the coursers in the circus, called Prasini, and Veneti: nor in the amphitheatre partially to favour any of the gladiators, or …

Today I'm chatting with Mitch Leventhal, President of the College of Stoic Philosophers. Learn about the history, purpose, and curriculum of the college and then consider enrolling by going to https://collegeofstoicphilosophe...

Today we're diving into letter #69 of Seneca's letters to Lucilius, which begins: "I do not like you to change your headquarters and scurry about from one place to another. My reasons are, – first, that such frequent flitting...