Lives of the Stoics (Episode 69)

In this conversation, we review Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman’s Lives of the Stoics, focusing on their accounts of the big three Roman Stoics: Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. This is a great episode for getting a sense of the lives of key figures we talk about.

Stoicism Applied course

(02:54) Introduction

(08:39) Seneca the Striver

(24:00) Epictetus the Free Man

(37:16) Marcus Aurelius the Philosopher King

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Thanks to Michael Levy for graciously letting us use his music in the conversations.