#EAS #WEA for Schuyler, #NY; #Seneca, #NY; #Tompkins, #NY; #Yates, #NY: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 11:15 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Binghamton NY

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Freedom is doing something for yourself, knowing yourself, and treating yourself well.

https://adversaria.locuscommunis.com/p/seneca-on-the-subway

#Stoicism #Seneca #Philosophy #CommonplaceBook #Bookstodon

Seneca, on the Subway

Making sense does not make meaning.

Adversaria

#EAS #WEA for Crawford, #OH; #Huron, #OH; #Richland, #OH; #Seneca, #OH: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 12:15 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Cleveland OH

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We are more often frightened than hurt, and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

#FearIsIllusion #Seneca #StoicMindset #ImaginationVsReality #OvercomeFear #MentalStrength #CourageOverFear #Quotes #ShareInspireQuotes

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-theory-of-the-vulgar-class. "The vulgarity of the Trumpian elite isn’t in itself that important. But it’s a symptom of a collapse in #values & #norms that, unless confronted & reversed, may herald the end of the #American #experiment. We should heed the words of the #Stoic #philosopher #Seneca about the rise & fall of the #Roman #Republic: 'Increases are of sluggish #growth, but the way to ruin is rapid.'"
The Theory of the Vulgar Class

Collapsing norms, cage matches, and a republic in danger

Paul Krugman

They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

#LiveInTheMoment #Seneca #PresentMoment #StopWorrying #MindfulLiving #CarpeNoctem #TimelessWisdom #Quotes #ShareInspireQuotes

Elon Musk becomes a trillionaire.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/

From the end of Seneca's second letter to Lucilius:

"The pauper is not the person who has too little but the one who desires more. What does it matter how much is stashed away in his strongbox or his warehouses, how much he has in livestock or in interest income, if he hangs on another's possessions, computing not what has been gained but what there is yet to gain? Do you ask what is the limit of wealth? Having what one needs, first of all; then, having enough."

#Musk #Seneca #Wealth

A Hard Question:
So the next time you dismiss Memento Mori as too dark for your vision board or morning routine, ask yourself: Are you avoiding death because you're afraid of it—or because you're afraid of admitting how little of your life you're actually living?

#MementoMori #Stoicism #Productivity #PersonalGrowth #Philosophy #MarcusAurelius #Seneca #Mindset #SelfImprovement #StoicWisdom (5/5)

#Zitat: "Es gibt kein Laster ohne Rechtfertigung, keines das am Anfang nicht recht klein und bescheiden war und wo man schnell hätte eingreifen können, aber danach breitet der Ärger sich überall hin aus. Wenn Du es zulässt, dass Dinge ihren Lauf nehmen, kannst Du sie nicht mehr beherrschen. Jede Gefühlsregung ist zunächst schwach. Dann wächst sie und wird immer stärker, je mehr sie sich entwickelt - es ist leichter sie auszubremsen als sie zu verdrängen." #Seneca, Moralische Briefe 106.2b-3a