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    1065. Democritus vs Heraclitus

    1065. Democritus vs Heraclitus

    FromStoic Meditations

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    1065. Democritus vs Heraclitus

    FromStoic Meditations

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    3 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 14, 2022
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    We ought therefore to bring ourselves into such a state of mind that all the vices of the vulgar may not appear hateful to us, but merely ridiculous, and we should imitate Democritus rather than Heraclitus. The latter of these, whenever he appeared in public, used to weep, the former to laugh.

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    Released:
    Jun 14, 2022
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    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