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Back to Episodes#10 - Temperance (Pt 1) : Becoming Worthy to Feast With the Gods, Bruce Overcomes His Uptightness, Dial Theory & Humility as the Beginning of Understanding
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How does one become worthy to feast with the gods?
We continue our journey through the Stoic virtues with a discussion on temperance, from a slightly different angle than you might be accustomed to. We begin by showing where Bruce has strayed towards intemperance through his rigidness with discipline and how he has relaxed a bit. We explore the virtue through this lens of someone who strays towards over-discipline rather than under-discipline.
We bring up Plato's golden mean, and talk through Justin's independent theory on that called "Dial Theory" and then go through strategies of how to understand and modify our intemperate behaviors.
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