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EP 9: A PHILOSOPHY FOR HARD TIMES: MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI ON STOICISM

Bounce! Conversations with Larry Weeks

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Is Stoicism a Western Version of Buddhism?

Is stoicism some sort of western version of buddhism? Ome what do you think of the two philosophies, comparatively? So, so other than the sortocultural historical parallels, there are actually some more deep similarities and differences. Let me stid with the differences between stoic and buddhism. Buddhism is a, teaches, it a philosophy of non self. The self is an illusion, accordingto to wo buddhists. On that, on the other hand, the stoics very much believe that the seuth is real, its, it's, it's a thing. It's material because they were materialists, is but it isb does exist, and

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