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You'll Never Be Perfect, And That's Just Fine
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This episode reframes Stoicism not as a quest for unreachable perfection, but as a practice of steady progress.
Drawing on the ancient idea of the prokoptōn—the one who makes progress—we explore why even Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius saw themselves as students rather than sages.
Stoic philosophy, we discover, is less about arriving and more about returning: again and again, to reflection, correction, and effort. To live as a Stoic is simply to desire progress, and to keep good company along the way.
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