March 24th: There Is Philosophy in Everything

“Eat like a human being, drink like a human being, dress up, marry, have children, get politically active—suffer abuse, bear with a headstrong brother, father, son, neighbor, or companion. Show us these things so we can see that you truly have learned from the philosophers.”
—Epictetus, Discourses, 3.21.5–6

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March 23rd: The Straitjacketed Soul

“The diseases of the rational soul are long-standing and hardened vices, such as greed and ambition—they have put the soul in a straitjacket and have begun to be permanent evils inside it. To put it briefly, this sickness is an unrelenting distortion of judgment, so things that are only mildly desirable are vigorously sought after.”
—Seneca, Moral Letters, 75.11

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March 22nd: The Sign of True Education

“What is it then to be properly educated? It is learning to apply our natural preconceptions to the right things according to Nature, and beyond that to separate the things that lie within our power from those that don’t.”
—Epictetus, Discourses, 1.22.9–10a

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Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman

Still from Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die.

Siri has become synonymous with shitty voice assistants at this point. The upcoming Gemini brain transplant is not going to change that image for a long time.

March 19th: Timeless Wisdom

“For there are two rules to keep at the ready—that there is nothing good or bad outside my own reasoned choice, and that we shouldn’t try to lead events but to follow them.”
—Epictetus, Discourses, 3.10.18

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The Daily #Stoic
Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman