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The person who has practiced philosophy as a cure for the self becomes great of soul, filled with confidence, invincible - and greater as you draw near.”
Seneca, Moral Letters, 111.2
Throughout the process of living life, we are exposed to all sorts of circumstances, conditions, situations, and nexus points… and it’s how we succeed and fail when engaging them that helps to develop our sense of self. Each win or loss helps to solidify that idea of identity, as well as the pathological need to preserve and solidify that sense of “self” no matter how much selfishness or destruction it costs…
… unless we’re influenced by an outside force.
It’s through the practice of losing the self where philosophy (and few religions) shows it’s deep, lasting power: the power to be confident, and the power to be invincible in the face of the delusion of external-factor control.
The practice of philosophy is designed to help us live the Good Life… so, ditch the ego and get on with it.
(See y’all tomorrow)
… unless we’re influenced by an outside force.
It’s through the practice of losing the self where philosophy (and few religions) shows it’s deep, lasting power: the power to be confident, and the power to be invincible in the face of the delusion of external-factor control.
The practice of philosophy is designed to help us live the Good Life… so, ditch the ego and get on with it.
(See y’all tomorrow)
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