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We Have The Potential To Live A Good Life
Season 1 · Episode 181

We Have The Potential To Live A Good Life

If we can learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.

The What Is Stoicism? Podcast · What Is Stoicism?

March 12, 20254m 37s

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Show Notes

“To live a good life: We have the potential for it,” writes Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations. “If we can learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.”


This good life is exactly what the ancient Stoics believed the practice of philosophy would allow us to pursue.


In this episode, we look at how Stoicism can bring us internal clarity, the value of which far outweighs the pursuit of externals like material gain, wealth, reputation, and status.


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