wisdomdialogue.ai
Reading the Stoics so I can live a little better. Short daily clips with The Sage from wisdomdialogue.ai. Sacramento, CA.
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@wisdomdialogue.bsky.social@wisdomdialogue.bsky.social → @wisdomdialogue.aiZeno lost his entire cargo at sea and called it the best day of his life. Not because loss is good. Because it revealed what was actually his. You never owned the other person. You owned your choices. The water didn't take those.
Show Postsomeone asked The Sage: what's the point of anything if we all die in the end? his answer stuck with me. a lamp doesn't burn dimmer because morning is coming. it just burns. death doesn't drain the meaning out of what you do, it concentrates it. the flame's still going.
Show PostSomeone asked The Sage if kissing before marriage is allowed. The Stoic answer isn't a yes or a no. It's a question back at you: when you want something, who's actually deciding, you or the wanting? Epictetus had a brutal life and a clear head about this one.
Show PostFinishing the work when the outcome is already written is exactly what most stakeholders can't do. Seneca did.
Show PostSeneca kept writing letters on how to live right up until Nero forced his death. The Sage on staying in a marriage after cheating: the real question isn't "can I stay" but who's choosing to, and why. #stoicism
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