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263 - No Self

Stoic Coffee Break

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The Stoics' View of the Self

According to the Stoics, our thinking is one of the things that we have control over. In this view, the self is not just some static and changing entity sitting somewhere in our brain. We are a unique combination of ever-changing thought processes and sensory inputs coming together at a specific moment in time. The more we know what we think, the more we can understand what makes us who we are. And as always, I'm going to recommend journaling as another way to get to know ourselves.

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