READING

“On the Shortness of Life,” excerpts

CHAPTERS

00:02:14 Introduction

00:08:35 Stoic Ontology

00:13:32 Stoic Epistemology

00:18:04 Stoic Ethics

00:21:31 The Problem

00:24:22 Cause 1: Engrossment

00:35:53 Cause 2: Relationship to Time

00:44:44 Cause 3: Anxiety

00:48:40 Cause 4: Expectancy

00:51:12 Cause 5: Ambition

00:53:51 The Solution

01:03:32 Conclusion

Correction: The passage I read at 34:45 is from Chapter 17, not Chapter 10.

NOTES

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