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Universal Reason – Episode 44
Stoicism On Fire
The Existential Commitment of the Stoic
Many moderns get hung up on the idea that they have to, quote, believe in a divine and providentially ordered cosmos. It's not about belief but an existential choice, says philosopher Pierre hada. The piety of the stoics was not based on myth or revelation. Even the true sceptic assents to an unknowable cosmos. Seneca pointed out the difference between these world views in a practical yet poignant manner. No matter which is true, lucilius, or even if they are all true, we must still practise philosophy.
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