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54. On Choosing Gratitude Over Grasping Desire

On Choosing Gratitude Over Grasping Desire XV. On Brawn and Brains 1. The old Romans had a custom which survived even into my lifetime. They would add to the opening words of a letter: “If you are well, it is well; I also am well.” Persons like ourselves would do well to say: “If you are […]

20. Thank You, Seneca!

Thank You, Seneca! VIII. On the Philosopher’s Seclusion 1. “Do you bid me,” you say, “shun the throng, and withdraw from men, and be content with my own conscience? Where are the counsels of your school, which order a man to die in the midst of active work?” As to the course which I seem to you […]

Seneca on Desire, Wealth and Gratitude

In this episode Simon breaks down the important lessons on desire, wealth and gratitude found in verse 6 of Seneca’s second epistle.

"I'll play it first and tell you what it is later."

"There's a rhythm in my heart... Incredible."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"To heed is to have faith in one’s own ability to be transformed."

"Things are not all as graspable and sayable as we are led to believe."

"To the distant hills we go, with philosophy as our guide."

"If I had not been admitted to these studies it would not have been worth while to have been born."

"The Logos hath risen."

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."

"The key is offered to all, and yet not all have opened the door to peer within."

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