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12. Derren Brown — Magic, Happiness, and Skepticism
The Michael Shermer Show
How Did You Discover Stoicism?
Stoicism was the dominant philosophy for 500 years before Christianity took over. The ideas of Stoic duty and so on are still with us in a very watered down sense, but when you go back to these original sources, they're really very, very rich ideas. And I think it's really valuable. It ties in with stories that we tell ourselves.
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