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Brad Stulberg On Mastering Change With Science And Stoicism

The Daily Stoic

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Stoics and Epicureans on Death and Change

The Stoics and the Epicureans likened death to a return to a state of nothingness, similar to how we were before we were born. Thinking of death as a natural change helps us to accept it. Our distress and suffering stem from our resistance to change, wanting things to stay the same. However, change is inevitable, and life provides us with many opportunities to practice accepting it, such as the changes in our youth, peak performance, and children growing up.

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