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Episode 252: Yes We Sene-can

Very Bad Wizards

Seneca's Wisdom Is a Middle Way, Right?

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Seneca is more open to just, yes, there's some good things like the dice can roll your way and there's nothing wrong with appreciating that. He's less down on pleasure in this, even though he's very critical at times of the Epicurean school. And so it comes across, I don't know, more human. Enjoy the, when the dice roll your way, but be unperturbed when it goes against you. If people are unfairly criticizing you, if a, if you're just getting exiled for no reason or if you're getting told to kill yourself for no reason, well, you have trained for this. But what is this training?

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