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    189. Adversity is just a gym to exercise your virtue

    189. Adversity is just a gym to exercise your virtue

    FromStoic Meditations

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    189. Adversity is just a gym to exercise your virtue

    FromStoic Meditations

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    2 minutes
    Released:
    Sep 3, 2018
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    Podcast episode

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    Seneca says that the wise person (and, by extension, the practitioner of Stoicism) will deal with poverty, sorrow, disgrace or pain, because she is alert and fortified, ready to treat adversity as a way to improve her character.

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    Released:
    Sep 3, 2018
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support