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The Marvels and the Dangers of Being Alive
Season 1
Episode 264
Published 9 hours ago
Description
This episode reflects on Seneca’s question of whether life is still worth choosing when its beauty and suffering come as a package.
In Consolation to Marcia, he sets the marvels of existence—stars, mountains, rivers, forests, love—beside illness, grief, danger, and death, then asks whether we would still agree to enter such a life.
His answer is simple: we would.
If you’d like to practice these principles, this Micro Morning Meditation will be helpful:
☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: You Will Marvel At These Things
https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-you-will
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