
Episode 74: Marcus Aurelius (The Meditations)
Literature and History
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Stoicism: Growth Through Adversity
This chapter examines the teachings of Marcus Aurelius and Seneca on enduring hardships and personal growth through suffering. It emphasizes how their contrasting perspectives illuminate a deeper, optimistic worldview within Stoicism, centered on acceptance of fate and the rationality of the universe.
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