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    312. Make your life the best it can be given the materials you are given

    312. Make your life the best it can be given the materials you are given

    FromStoic Meditations

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    312. Make your life the best it can be given the materials you are given

    FromStoic Meditations

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    Length:
    3 minutes
    Released:
    Feb 28, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Seneca brings up a parallel between the life of virtue and the art of a sculptor like Phidias. Just like a good sculptor will make the best art that the materials at his disposal permit, so we can be good human beings regardless of the specific circumstances of our lives.

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    Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
    Released:
    Feb 28, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    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