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    380. How to do a premeditation of adversity

    380. How to do a premeditation of adversity

    FromStoic Meditations

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    380. How to do a premeditation of adversity

    FromStoic Meditations

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    3 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 5, 2019
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    Podcast episode

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    Seneca talks about the premeditatio malorum, an exercise that allows us to be mentally prepared for possible negative outcomes of our action. The key to it is to engage your reasoning faculty, not your emotional reactions.

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    Released:
    Jun 5, 2019
    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