![]() ![]() ![]() Learn not to fear that life or losing your possessions, because you cannot lose the truly valuable things your stoic self possesses - being a decent human being, a good person, a good citizen, the knowledge you have in your head.Īn example: I fear being poor and old (I’m already old). ![]() Imagine losing everything, live that way for a week. Seneca gives one the courage in (I think 17) to strive by making yourself fail. Seneca was a rich man who led a rich inner life. Nero was born wealthy and powerful (and a bit crazy) and it warped the inner man. Meditations is mostly a Note To Self about not being an ass and doing his job). Marcus Aurelius would have preferred any other fate than to be Emperor (in his early years, he emulated Diogenes, sleeping on a stone floor, never changing clothes, refusing to drink from a cup. Zeno was shipwrecked and lost his fortune, but founded Stoicism. Stoicism is about getting to the end of your life and not discovering you had “mis-lived” your life. ![]() Money didn’t warp Seneca (much), but he also submitted to his fate when Nero hand him commit suicide (which Seneca did in a rather unStoic and showy Socratic manner). By my reading, Stoicism is about living the best life you can with the cards you are dealt. ![]()
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