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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 9 hours 46 minutes
episode 42: Character Is Crucial
Epictetus says that the measure of a person is the goodness of her character. Let's work on it, then!
episode 41: The point of philosophy is...
Seneca makes a surprising statement about the primary aim of philosophy. Surprising, that is, if you confuse Stoicism and stoicism...
episode 40: What happens after death?
Marcus Aurelius sounds agnostic about the after life. He also seems to think it doesn't matter.
episode 39: Beware of superficial judgment
Epictetus observes that even if Plato were handsome and strong, that doesn’t mean those are the traits that made him a great philosopher...
episode 38: Wealth not a measure of worth
Seneca has a problem with people who measure their worth by fashion or wealth.
episode 37: Don’t be an imbecile!
Hierocles reminds us that it is useless to blame things that have no fault. Rather, look at how clumsy or stupid we are sometimes when we use them.
episode 36: Radical idea: women equality
Musonius Rufus says women have the same reasoning abilities as man, the same faculty of distinguishing good from bad.
episode 35: Remember, everything passes
Marcus Aurelius lists a number of important people who are no more, as a reminder of the impermanence of things, and to help us keep what happens to us in perspective.
episode 34: What good did you do today?
Epictetus says that not doing awful things isn’t enough, it’s too lazy. The point is to positively do good things.
episode 33: Beware of relying on luck
Seneca uses a beautiful analogy to explain why the Stoic practitioner should not rely on luck, and indeed should be positively weary of it.