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Chris Gill on The Core Tenets of Stoicism (Episode 52)

Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied

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The Importance of De-Indifference

Happiness is up to us because it's under our power to exercise virtue. And then we have this second tenant, which has to do with de-indifference. I think maybe it's worth diving into that a little bit more since they can be a little bit subtle. We all have to deal with things like health, the welfare of our family and material possessions. Those are just the stuff of human life. So they're genuinely positively valuable. They matter, but they aren't the things that fundamentally make us happy or make or create a good human life.

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