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#421: Why You Need a Philosophical Survival Kit

The Art of Manliness

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The Encouridian by Brett Stockdale

Pilot Stockdale was shot down over Vietnam in 1965. He spent the next seven and a half years as a political prisoner at Hanoi Hilton. In prison, he lived in the world of Epictetus and applied those lessons to survive. His wife Sibyl helped him establish rules for POWs: stay off air, don't help Vietnamese by giving propaganda.

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