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    878. Damocles' sword and the nature of happiness

    878. Damocles' sword and the nature of happiness

    FromStoic Meditations

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    878. Damocles' sword and the nature of happiness

    FromStoic Meditations

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    Length:
    3 minutes
    Released:
    Jul 14, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Cicero tells the famous story of Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, and one of his flatterers, Damocles, who learns the hard way that what may look like a happy life is actually nothing of the sort.

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    Released:
    Jul 14, 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