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Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Epictetus

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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How to Pass the Stoic Test?

Epictetus embodied this idea like, you know, for we're not there yet. But wel kind working towards this goal of time. So when life sets you back, and i describe these stoic tests, how do you pass the stoic test? First of all, the stoics do not stoic odds do not grade you. You don't get a nee male saying, that was a bee plus, but here's what you need to work on. That gets to the final thing i wanted to mention about epictetus, which is that he realized that this was going to be work. And in that sense, he was embodying this wonderful psychological principle of the growth...

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