Michael McGill on Applying Stoicism (Episode 62)
Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied
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The Importance of Stoicism
I think one of the things that sticks out to people first is just a clearly practical idea that on the surface is quite simple. But when you begin to vigilantly apply it and define this idea, what is in fact up to me, it becomes a radical and transformative one. It seems simple at first, but we get stuck in these cycles of desire and being dissatisfied with our lives. And stoicism kind of gives us that kind of lap upside the head and that cold splash of water to the face. We need to be told we something to help us realize, wow, if I just stop and look around, I'm like surrounded by blessings that I don't need, I really don
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