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    387. The fortune of everyone is molded by their character

    387. The fortune of everyone is molded by their character

    FromStoic Meditations

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    387. The fortune of everyone is molded by their character

    FromStoic Meditations

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    Length:
    3 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 17, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Cicero explains a classic Stoic paradox: only the wise person is free, while everyone else is a slave. To what? To externals that they think are indispensable for their happiness, and yet lay outside of their control.

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    Released:
    Jun 17, 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