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    258. Try inward happiness

    258. Try inward happiness

    FromStoic Meditations

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    258. Try inward happiness

    FromStoic Meditations

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    2 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 13, 2018
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    Seneca explains that if our happiness depends on externals, like fame or money, we are in the hands of Fortuna, who could take those things away at any moment. But if we are happy because we are good, then Fortuna is powerless.

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    Released:
    Dec 13, 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