Doing Intentional Evil Is Not a Directive

3min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

Damesia appears to have been a bit of a philosopher in her own right and then lastly to content myself with a spare diet and to fly all such excess as is incidental to great wealth. imagine a woman of Damesia's means telling Marcus to content himself with a spare food when he certainly wouldn't have had it. In regards to excesses like fancy clothes material possessions and the like fly them or flee them you don't need them they are nothing's dead weight today I would like you to reflect on a few things discussed in this meditation take your time, think about what we've just talked about but also remember that no man or woman knowingly does evil they only mistake evil things

So today we’ll revisit Book 1 Meditation 1 to read what is defined in other places as book 1 meditation 3. Here’s that segment:

"Of my mother I have learned to be religious, and bountiful; and to forbear, not only to do, but to intend any evil; to content myself with a spare diet, and to fly all such excess as is incidental to great wealth."

Get rid of ads and support our work : https://link.stoicismpod.com/members

Hang out with us in our free listener community: https://link.stoicismpod.com/discord

Join our daily Stoic journaling program : https://link.stoicismpod.com/journaling

Join our Stoic mentoring community : https://link.stoicismpod.com/path

View a list of our sponsors : https://link.stoicismpod.com/sponsors

Visit our website : https://stoicismpod.com

Check out our reading list : https://stoicismpod.com/suggested-reading

Read our articles : https://stoicismpod.com/category/articles

Online copy of Meditations (Long) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/meditations-long

Online copy of Meditations (Casaubon) : https://link.stoicismpod.com/meditations-casaubon

Online copy of Seneca's Letters : https://link.stoicismpod.com/letters

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices