Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied William O Stephens on Musonius Rufus, Food, and Fashion (Episode 94)
Why does Musonius Rufus lecture on food and men’s fashion?
Caleb talks to William O Stephens to find out. Learn how the Stoics thought about ordinary issues of life in order to live extraordinarily well.
(01:11) Musonius Rufus and Epictetus
(09:09) Why Care About Food and Fashion?
(13:42) Food
(23:16) Optimizing Health
(29:58) The Social Dimension
(36:14) Beards
(45:17) What is Natural?
(52:42) Epictetus on Beards
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