Season 1
True friendship
Confidence in yourself
The present alone is out happiness
The cost to the thief
Giving back a better life
Focus on your own path
Action by action
The vanity of fame
Value is in the action
Happiness comes from within
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This short passage is taken from Seneca's On the Shortness of Life
Seneca on the present.
Epictetus - the cost to the thief
Seneca
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We hear from Marcus Aurelius to focus strongly on doing what is right, one thing at a time. We learn that the impediment to action can reveal the way forward.
We hear from Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius as they explain why it is foolish to seek the popular opinion.
A beautiful part of Stoicism is we have this wisdom to guide us on our journey and help answer our questions.
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