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Why Virtue is the ONLY good (Episode 61)

Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied

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The Importance of Virtue in Human Life

Even the Epicureans were atheists, right? It's not like every ancient Greek philosophy was hyper religious. They certainly didn't believe in a divinely ordered providential universe or something like this. And so when we're trying to map onto an account of what constitutes a good human life, there's not a circularity here. There is a grounding in physical facts about nature, about the universe, about God or a lack of God. So I hope that's not too esoteric.

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