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The What Is Stoicism? Podcast

Live Your Philosophy Before Time Runs Out

July 15 · 6 min · Season 1 · Episode 251 · 6.6 MB
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This episode uses the thought of a “last day” to test the distance between our values and our actions.


Montaigne, Seneca, and Lucretius show how reflecting on death can sharpen our sense of what matters now, not later. Simone Weil then offers a modern example of philosophy lived with unusual seriousness and conviction.


The question is simple but demanding: are we merely admiring good ideas, or are we becoming the kind of person who lives them?


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