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Actor Alexander Ludwig on How Stoicism Helped Him Get Sober

The Daily Stoic

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Cato and the Big Clash in the Ancient World

Cato is famous ultimately for his suicide. He reads this book about Socrates and then he grabs his sword and he disembowels himself like up the middle. That's how he goes out. So who was the original stoic? The original stoic is this guy named Zeno Zeno. How many books do you think you've ever done stoicism? A lot I actually tend to read less on stoicism These days and I just try to read about interesting people People I like people I dislike You know times I like times I dislike and I try to look for the ideas of the philosophy in stories that I admire or EmmeledYeah, I saw that so much in discipline

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