Dying Every Day (Stoic Meditations)

Socrates on Trusting Your Inner Voice

Socrates described a strange experience at his trial. He said that since childhood, a divine sign had sometimes restrained him from doing something he was about to do. In

Day 160: Kierkegaard and Epictetus on Living With Limits | Dying Every Day

So what do you do when life feels like too much?  Two philosophers give very different answers, and together they point to something you can actually do tonight.  Kierk

How Much Is Enough? | Letters from a Mortal

Think for a moment about something you want.  Not something you need. Something you want. Perhaps more money. More recognition. A little more comfort. Now imagine get

Day 159: The Limits of Self-Knowledge with Brandon Tumblin

We’re often told to question everything, seek the truth, and know ourselves. But how much questioning is useful? Is truth always good for us? And can we acknowledge our l

How Much Do You Need to Know Before You Act? | Dying Every Day

When does reading help us change, and when does it become a way to postpone the next step? In this Dying Daily meditation, Thomas à Kempis and Epictetus help us examine

What Deserves Your Attention | William James and the Stoics

You can end a busy day having focused intensely on things you would never have chosen as the center of your life.  The messages were answered. The small dispute got anot

Remember Death. Return to Life. | Dying Every Day

Memento mori is a way to bring the important things back into the present. Through Montaigne and Seneca, this episode explores how remembering mortality can loosen our at

The Story Your Mind Adds | Dying Daily

A message arrives with fewer words than you expected. You read it again. The brevity begins to sound like irritation; the irritation becomes a judgment about your relatio

Day 158: You Will Never Know Enough: Socrates and Epictetus on Acting Without Certainty

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The Life You Are Actually Living | Dying Daily

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Can Self-Discipline Be Trained? | Mortal Questions

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Day 157: Carrying the Fire with Shane Trotter | Dying Every Day

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"Let us Postpone Nothing" | Dying Daily

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"The Art of Paying Attention" | Letters from a Mortal

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The Architecture of a Good Life | Dying Daily

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Day 156: The Unchosen Life—What Kierkegaard and the Stoics Knew About Freedom

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Dying Daily: The Gap Between Knowing and Doing

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Dying Daily: The Returning Mind

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Dying Daily: A Stoic Lesson from The Odyssey

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Day 155: Resist and Persist - The Stoic Art of Self-Discipline | Dying Every Day

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