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820. How to learn to bear pain

820. How to learn to bear pain

FromStoic Meditations


820. How to learn to bear pain

FromStoic Meditations

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Cicero suggests that getting used to one kind of discomfort or pain will allow us to more easily bear another kind. This is the basis for some modern Stoic exercises, like taking a cold shower.

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Released:
Mar 26, 2021
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