The Stoic Jew
By Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
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My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss. I am, first and foremost, an Orthodox Jew. I am also a student of the Stoic masters: Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. This podcast is dedicated to exploring the relationship between Judaism and Stoicism - where they overlap, where they differ, and how they complement each other. I also use this podcast to think out loud about how to apply the principles of Judaism and Stoicism to my own life, with all its ups and downs.
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Bees, Epictetus, Tehilim 118, Israel's War, and Yom haShoah (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:5; Discourses 2:18)
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May 07, 2024 |
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1000 Days of Gratitude (Haggadah)
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Does Insomnia Even Matter? (Aurelius - Meditations 6:1-2; 2:14)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Deathbed Moments of U.S. Presidents, Japanese Monks, Chazal, Victims of the October 7th Massacre, and My Rebbi zt"l
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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God of Time or Dog Eating Its Own Vomit? (a "Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack" Crossover Episode)
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Matt Schneeweiss, the God of Time (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life)
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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A Stoic Approach to the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah (Aurelius - Meditations 5:11)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Aurelius and Rav Soloveitchik on the Problem with Vidui (Aurelius - Meditations 10.30)
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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How My First Week Went, Thanks in Part to Epictetus (Enchiridion 1, 7, 17, 21)
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Stoic Jew Thoughts on the First Day at a New School
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Two MAJOR Professional/Life Updates for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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A Judean Ransacking of Roman Stoicism
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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How to Take a Gratitude Bath
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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The Burning of Lahaina, Lyons, and Yerushalayim (Seneca - Letter #91: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons)
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Know Thy (Sick) Self: Three Lessons from Recent Sick Days
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Two Years (Plus) of Gratitude, 300 (Plus) Episodes, and Smashing Through Podcaster's Block (Plus)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Freddie Mercury, Shadal, and the Crisis of Human Finitude
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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TSJ Interlude: “Where Have You Been?” Secret Episode, Instagram, and More!
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May 15, 2023 |
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Vows to Hashem for Salvation and Gratitude (Seneca - Letters #73, 31)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Pesach During the Holocaust (Aurelius – Meditations 4:49,8)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Recap and Update on My Relation to Meditation (Epictetus – Enchiridion 20; Aurelius – Meditations 4:3; Seneca – Letter #2)
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Blaming My Insomnia on Satan (Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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My Eulogy for Popo
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Purim, Providence, and 600 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5,8,20; Discourses 1:6)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Three Models of Grieving: Aurelius, Epictetus, and Rambam (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Preparing to Grieve for Popo, My 98-Year-Old Grandmother (Seneca – Letters #23,26,101, On the Shortness of Life, Consolation of Marcia 10:4)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Reflections on My 39th Birthday, New Years 2023, and 2nd Semester (Seneca – Letter #83)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Dan l’Chaf Zechus: a Practical Stoic Technique for Judging Someone Favorably (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Insights Gleaned from My 30-Day Coffee Replacement Experiment (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18; Seneca - Consolation to Helvia 11:14; Letter #39)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Musings on OpenAI in Light of Stoic and Jewish Concepts of the Soul (Aurelius – Meditations 2:2,17; 3:16)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Reflection on Counting 52 Weeks of My Life (Seneca – On the Shortness of Life)
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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500 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus - Discourses 3:12, Aurelius - Meditations 5:20, 10:16)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Reacting to an Event as a Slow-Motion Explosion (Seneca – Letter #99: On Consolation to the Bereaved; Aurelius – Meditations 9:36)
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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To Die Like Ben Azzai in Pardes … Would it Be So Bad? (Aurelius – Meditations 12:36)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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B’Shem Hashem El Olam: Only God “Has Time” (Aurelius – Meditations 2:4)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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You Can’t Be Present Yesterday (Aurelius - Meditations 2:14)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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How Not to Not Not Care About Being Liked By Everyone (Seneca - Letter #52; Epictetus - Discourses 1:21; Aurelius - Meditations 7:62)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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When Life Gives You Insomnia, Bake a Cake and Rejoice in Yisurin (Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Some Stoic Strategies for Being Late (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1,4,17; Aurelius - Meditations 4:8; Seneca - Letter #13)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The Short Prayers of Marcus Aurelius and the Kohen Gadol (Aurelius - Meditations 5:7)
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Stoicism vs. Judaism on Motives for Righteousness (Aurelius - Meditations 5:6)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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How to Grapple with Your Own Intellectual Inferiority (Aurelius - Meditations 5:5)
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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May We Have an Elul Filled with Suffering and a Painful New Year (Epictetus – Discourses 3:23)
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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How Stoic Invulnerability Works (Aurelius – Meditations 10:33, 4:8, 5:20)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Why I Can’t Take the “Stoic” Out of “The Stoic Jew Podcast”
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Don’t Cry Over Spilled Almond Extract (Epictetus – Discourses 1:6)
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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My 48-Hour Fast, Marta bas Baisos, and the Boon of Halacha (Seneca – Letter #18; Epictetus – Enchiridion 50)
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Do You Have People in Your Life Who Try to Convince You You're Unhappy? (Seneca - Letter #13)
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Post-Insomnia Stoic Jew Self-Talk (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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When the IRS Acts as an Agent of God (Epictetus - Enchiridion 11)
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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EFT: The Future of Thinking About the Future (Seneca - Letter #91; Aurelius 9:30; 12:24)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Why Do You Value Stoicism as a Jew? (Epictetus – Enchiridion 8,5,1; Seneca – Letter #91; Aurelius – Meditations 2:11)
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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How to Win the Lead Role in E.T. and Achieve Human Perfection (Epictetus – Discourses 2:18)
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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365 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 5:16)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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The Intellectual Humility of Rabbi Moskowitz and Marcus Aurelius (Aurelius – Meditations 6:21)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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My Eulogy for Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l
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May 30, 2022 |
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Applying Epictetus to My Insomnia (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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May 27, 2022 |
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"Are you sure it was a rat?" (Seneca - Letter #71: On the Supreme Good)
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May 25, 2022 |
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What Won't Last (Aurelius - Meditations 5:23)
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May 23, 2022 |
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Habit Tracking and Sefiras ha'Omer (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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May 18, 2022 |
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How to Learn Ethics Without Vomiting (Epictetus - Discourses 3:21; 2:9)
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May 16, 2022 |
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A Stoic Jew Mother's Day Episode, Dedicated to Mommy and Popo (Seneca - Consolation of Helvia)
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May 08, 2022 |
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How I Met Epictetus (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1)
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May 06, 2022 |
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TSJ Interlude: 300 Days of Gratitude
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May 04, 2022 |
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Stoic Anxiety vs. Torah Anxiety (Epictetus – Enchiridion 50)
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May 02, 2022 |
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Stoic Musings Upon Visiting Bruce Lee's Grave on R' Soloveitchik's Yahrtzeit (Aurelius - Meditations 12:1)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Pesach, Epictetus, and Man's Search for Meaning
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Some Thoughts on Will Smith's Angry Reaction (Epictetus - Enchiridion 20; Seneca - On Anger 2:1)
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Why We Choose Evil (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Decorating Our Prison Cells (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Purim vs. Stoicism (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4; 2:6; Enchiridion 14)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Letting Go of Your Rice, Tafasta Merubeh, and Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's Wisdom (Epictetus - Discourses 3:9)
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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XTREME Premeditatio Malorum, Vaynerchuk Style (Seneca - Letter #91: On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons)
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Insight from a Misreading of Seneca (Seneca - Letter #13: On Groundless Fears)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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TSJ Interlude: Reflection on Five Consecutive Days of TSJ Episodes
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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How to Avoid Results-Oriented Thinking (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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“A few is enough for me; so is one; and so is none” (Seneca – Letter #7: On Crowds)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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My February 2022 Experiments in the Art of Creating Time (Seneca - Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Marcus’s Material Mortality Meditation (Aurelius – Meditations 5:4)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Is “Subjugation” to Stoicism a Bad Thing? (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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225 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 9:6)
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Liza's Short, Good Life (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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A Stoic Cure for Insomnia ... I Hope (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Seneca on Hashgachah Part 1 (On Providence 1:1)
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Hashgachah Clarification from the Rosh ha’Yeshiva
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Stoic Thoughts on My Winter Break 2022 - Part 2 (Seneca - Letters #2 and 83; Aurelius - Meditations 4:3)
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Stoic Thoughts on My Winter Break 2022 - Part 1 (Seneca – On Tranquility of Mind 17:5)
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Stoic Authenticity (Aurelius - Meditations 5:3)
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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The Waltz of Fate (Epictetus - Enchiridion 8; Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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38th Birthday Reflections: On Self-Harm and Self-Actualization (Aurelius - Meditations 2.6)
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Stoic Joy vs. Simchah shel Mitzvah (Seneca – Letter #59: On Pleasure and Joy)
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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How Much of Our Suffering is Performative? (Seneca – Letter #63: On Grief for Lost Friends)
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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The Hidden Costs of Life (Epictetus - Enchiridion 12,25; Discourses 1)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Yet Another Inhuman Facet of Epictetus's Stoicism (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Asarah b'Teves and the Tragedy of The Stoic Jew Podcast
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Three Stoic Divrei Torah on Parashas Vayigash (Epictetus – Enchiridion 7 & 1; Seneca – On the Shortness of Life)
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Remember that You're ALREADY Dead (Aurelius - Meditations 7:56)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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How to Shower Like You're Dying (Aurelius - Meditations 2:11)
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Counting the Weeks of My Life (Seneca: On the Shortness of Life)
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Post-Thanksgiving Musings
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - A Stoic Pep Talk on My Mild Anxiety About Meeting Up With My Dad's Family for Thanksgiving
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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The Crown of Torah and the Crown of Stoicism (Seneca - Letter #53)
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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C'mon, Marcus, Is Inner Peace REALLY That Easy (Aurelius - Meditations 5:2)
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Honoring Bad Parents and Relating to Hashem (Epictetus - Enchiridion 30)
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Rav Hirsch’s Stoic Take on Bli Neder (Seneca – Letter #13)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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The Habit of Hating Handshakes (Epictetus – Discourses 3:12)
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Self-Hate in Stoicism and Mishlei (Aurelius – Meditations 5:1)
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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How to Get Out of Bed on a Cold Morning (Aurelius - Meditations 5:1)
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Are Humans Naturally Inclined Towards Virtue? (Rufus - Lectures 2:7:1-2)
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Take the Short Road (Aurelius – Meditations 4:51)
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Scattered Thoughts on Prolonging Life (Aurelius - Meditations 4:50)
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Immunity to Misfortune (Aurelius - Meditations 4:49)
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Aurelius vs. Akavya ben Mahallalel on Memento Mori (Aurelius - Meditations 4:48)
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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100 Days of Gratitude (Seneca - Letter #81: On Benefits)
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Struggles with Perfectionism ... AGAIN (Aurelius - Meditations 10:16)
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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TSJ Milestone: 200 Episodes and the Value of Talking About Virtue (Aurelius – Meditations 10:16)
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Seneca on the Mabul and the Destiny of Mankind (Seneca – Natural Questions 3:28-30)
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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You Will Die Today ... OR Tomorrow (Aurelius - 4:47)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Heraclitus, Koheles, and Mufasa (Aurelius - Meditations 4:46)
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Seneca and Sukkos (Seneca - Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting)
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Vidui Yom ha’Kippurim and Memento Mori
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Removing the Evil of the Decree
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Rosh ha'Shanah 5782: Yom ha'Din in Light of Stoicism (Aurelius - Meditations 4:45)
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Does Stoicism Promote Catastrophizing? (Seneca – Letter #91: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons)
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Life as Reruns of a Scary Movie (Aurelius - Meditations 4:44)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Life as a River (Aurelius - Meditations 4:43)
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Change: Neither Good Nor Bad (Aurelius - Meditations 4:42)
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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You Are a Soul Carrying a Corpse (Aurelius – Meditations 4:41)
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Universe as Organism vs. Universe as Melachah (Aurelius – Meditations 4:40)
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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A Review of Stoic Values (Aurelius - Meditations 4:39)
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Even the Wise Can Be Petty (Aurelius - Meditations 4:38)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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TSJ Follow-up: Applying "Tiny Habits" to My Podcaster's Block
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Stoicism, Habit Cultivation, and Elul (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Experiment Updates
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Be Fire, My Friend (Aurelius - Meditations 4:1)
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Animaniacs, Plucky Duck, and Premeditatio Malorum (Epictetus – Enchiridion 17,8)
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Their Cars Were Totaled and They Didn’t Even Know (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1)
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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The Medallion Experiment
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Shooting Yourself With the Second Arrow (Aurelius – Meditations 4:7-8)
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Holding a Dying Man in My Arms: a True Memento Mori (Aurelius – Meditations 2:11)
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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The Obstacle is the Way Back to New York (Aurelius – Meditations 5:20)
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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How I Accidentally Lived a Day to Its Fullest (Aurelius – Meditations 7:69; Seneca – Letter #101: On the Futility of Planning Ahead)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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A Stoic Perspective on Tishah b’Av (Seneca – Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting)
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Happy Being Happy (Seneca: Consolation of Helvia 5)
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Turning a BAD 4-hour Sleep Into a GOOD 4-hour Sleep (Aurelius – Meditations 8:32)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Body of Clay and Soul of Gold (Seneca - Letter #66: On Various Aspects of Virtue)
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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The Gratitude Accountability Experiment (Aurelius – Meditations 9:6)
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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My Stoic Injury and TSJ Summer Update (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1:1)
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Putting The Stoic Jew Podcast on Sacred Pause (Aurelius – Meditations 12:23; Epictetus – Enchiridion 17; Seneca – Letter #2)
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Divine Compassion Toward a Foreign Fly (Aurelius – Meditations 9:8)
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Stoic Strategies for Coping with the Kosher Ice Cream Truck (Aurelius – Meditations 2:1)
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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The Sacred Pause, Forgetting Hashem, and Mezuzah Experiment Update #3 (Aurelius – Meditations 4:3:1)
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Cold Showers, Complaining, and How We Cause Our Own Suffering (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5,20; Aurelius – Meditations 4:7)
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Korach and My Sacred Pause Mezuzah Experiment
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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UNDISCLOSED TOPIC (Set Aside 15 Uninterrupted Minutes to Listen While Sitting Down)
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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A Response to the Charge of Stoic Heartlessness: Feeling vs. Emotion (Epictetus – Enchiridion 16)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Be Like a Smelly Goat (Aurelius – Meditations 11:15)
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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The Sacred Pause as Applied to Mezuzah (Aurelius – Meditations 5:23)
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Phantom Stress, Being Present, and Embracing My Izzet Nature (Seneca – On the Shortness of Life 7:4)
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Marcus Aurelius, Rabbi Sacks, and Mark Twain on Tragic Fiction (Aurelius – Meditations 11:6)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Rambam vs. Epictetus on Silence (Epictetus – Enchiridion 33)
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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No Shame in a Soldier Asking for Help (Aurelius – Meditations 7:7)
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - Reflection on 455 Days Between Weddings
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May 27, 2021 |
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“The Sacred Pause” in Light of Stoicism and Judaism (Epictetus – Discourses 2:18)
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May 27, 2021 |
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The Obstacle is the Way to Knowledge of Hashem (Aurelius – Meditations 8:32-33)
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May 26, 2021 |
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TSJ Milestone: Reflections on the 150th Episode, and on Celebrating Such Milestones (Seneca: Letter #7 - On Crowds)
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May 25, 2021 |
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When Ticking Clocks Are Running Noses (Epictetus – Discourses 1:6)
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May 24, 2021 |
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On Those Who Look Down on “Pop” Stoicism and Mishlei (Epictetus – Enchiridion 49,46)
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May 21, 2021 |
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How to Enjoy the Present Day As If It’s Your Last (Aurelius – Meditations 7:69)
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May 20, 2021 |
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Another Stoic Perspective on Shavuos (Aurelius - Meditations 2:3)
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May 14, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Personal Thoughts on the Situation in Israel
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May 13, 2021 |
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A Stoic Perspective on Shavuos, True Wealth, and Constant Partying (Seneca – Consolation of Helvia)
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May 12, 2021 |
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How to Convince Mom That You’re Invulnerable (Seneca – Consolation of Helvia)
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May 11, 2021 |
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Seneca’s Ruthless Consolation of His Mother (Seneca – Consolation of Helvia)
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May 10, 2021 |
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On Friendship and the Sharing of Knowledge, Part 2 (Seneca – Letter #6)
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May 07, 2021 |
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On Friendship and the Sharing of Knowledge, Part 1 (Seneca – Letter #6)
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May 06, 2021 |
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The Saga of the Resurrected Shirt (Epictetus – Enchiridion 4,11)
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May 05, 2021 |
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Three Questions for Assessing Our Complicity in Our Own Suffering (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5)
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May 04, 2021 |
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Review of Stoic Compassion in Light of IFS (Aurelius – Meditations 6:27; 7:22,26)
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May 03, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - Remembering Shabbos, Remembering Death, and Appreciating Life
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Thank Iron Archer (and IFS) for Today’s Non-Episode Episode
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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On Being Dragged Down by Harmful Relationships (Epictetus – Discourses 4:2)
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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The “Fellow Trainee” Method of Not Taking Things Personally (Aurelius – Meditations 6:20)
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Making Use of Contemptuous Expressions (Aurelius – Meditations 6:13)
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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TSJ Q&A: “Are You Able to Slow Down a Little? I Can’t Keep Up!” (Seneca Letter #40: On the Proper Style for a Philosopher’s Discourse)
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Thinking Aloud About My Fundamental Disagreement with Epictetus (Epictetus – Enchiridion 8, Discourses 3:8)
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Burnt Coffee, Running Noses, and False Stoic Dichotomies (Epictetus: Enchiridion 8, Discourses 1:6)
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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On Sleep: Stoicism vs. Judaism (Aurelius – Meditations 8:12)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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On Resisting the Gravitational Pull of Pleasures (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Rationalizing Self-Destructive Behavior Through Counterfeit Values (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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How to Escape the Compulsion of Comparing Yourself to Others (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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The Compulsion to Compare Yourself to Others (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Rosh Chodesh as a Tool for Measuring Stoic and Jewish Progress (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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How to Make Bad Food Taste Good (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Reflection on a Year of COVID and the Sanctification of Time (Aurelius – Meditations 4:47)
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Epictetus on How Adherence to Judaism Leads to True Freedom (Epictetus: Discourses 4:4)
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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On Deviating from Self-Imposed Routines (Epictetus: Enchiridion 50)
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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How the Jedi Order Gives Stoicism a Bad Name, Part 2: Obi-Wan (Seneca: Letter #71 - On the Supreme Good)
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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How the Jedi Order Gives Stoicism a Bad Name, Part 1: Yoda (Epictetus: Enchiridion 3,7)
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Seneca's VERY Non-Jewish Reason for Studying Physics and Metaphysics (Seneca: Letter #65 - On the First Cause)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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The Stoic Approach to Tefilah (Seneca Letter #67 - On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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TSJ Q&A: “Why Did the Stoics Get Their Metaphysics Wrong?” (Seneca: Letter #64 – On the Philosopher’s Task)
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Coffee: One of Life’s Delights or Just Hot Bean Juice? (Aurelius – Meditations 6:13)
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Triggered by Rationality (Seneca: Letter #66 – On Various Aspects of Virtue)
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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On Living Each Separate Day as a Separate Life (Seneca: Letter #101 – On the Futility of Planning Ahead)
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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On Stoic Compassion for Those Who Stumble (Aurelius – Meditations 6:27; 7:22,26)
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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TSJ Q&A: "Are You a Stoic?" (Epictetus - Enchiridion 51:3)
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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When Luxuries Masquerade as Necessities (Seneca: Letter #86 - On Scipio's Villa)
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Thank You to My Students, Be They Many or Few (Seneca: Letter #7 - On Crowds, Conclusion)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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How to Deal with Blushing, Stage Fright, and Other “Uncontrollable” Reactions (Seneca Letter #11 – On the Blush of Modesty)
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Bruce Lee on Dynamic Combat and Why Pirkei Avos Isn’t For Everyone (Seneca: Letter #22 – On the Futility of Halfway Measures)
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Seneca on Purim Drinking (Seneca: Letter #18 – On Festivals and Fasting)
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Seneca on Kiruv and Kohanim (Seneca: Letter #5 – On the Philosopher’s Mean, Part 2)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Kidush ha’Shem and Kidush ha’Stoicism (Seneca: Letter #5 – On the Philosopher’s Mean, Part 1)
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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TSJ Milestone - Reflections on Our 100th Episode (!) and Epictetus on Becoming a Good Stoic Jew
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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A Personal Reflection on Friendships During the Pandemic (Seneca: Letter #3 - On True and False Friendship, Part 4)
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Divine Omniscience and the Tendency to Hide from Oneself (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 3)
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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How to Tell if a “Friend” Will Betray Your Trust (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 2)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Rambam vs. Seneca on True Friendship (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 1)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude: Was George Washington a Stoic?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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My February 2021 Experiments in the Art of Creating Time (Seneca Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 4)
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Teach Us to Count Our Days (Seneca Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 3)
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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The Metaphysical Psychosis of Wasting Time (Seneca Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 2)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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The Berachos That Remind Us of Death (Seneca - Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 1)
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - What Seneca Thought Concerning the Jews
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 4 of 4) The Experiment
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 3 of 4) Naval Ravikant's Take
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 2 of 4) Rabbi Moskowitz's Take
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 1 of 4) Marcus Aurelius's Take
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - On Blizzards, (Re)bookings, and Beginning with the Little Things
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Seneca - Letter #2: "On Discursiveness in Reading"
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:37: Marcus's Lapse in Stoicism
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - A Stoic Perspective on Vaccination
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:36: The Fact of Matter
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:35: Human Life is a Day Soon Forgotten
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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TSJ Interlude - 37th Birthday Reflections: On the Allegory of the Soldier
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:34: A Virtuous Life in the Present vs. a Forgotten Legacy in the Future
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:33: How to Live Forever by Embracing Your Mortality
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:32: Remember the Titans, that They Too Are Forgotten
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:31: The Stoic 401(k)
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4.30: On Being a Stoic Philosopher
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:29: Bad Citizens in the City of the Universe
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:28: Blackness of Character
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:27: Aurelius on Hashgachah Pratis
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:26: Stoic Simplicity, Spending, and Sobriety
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Seneca - Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting (Part 2)
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Seneca - Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting (Part 1)
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:25: A Stoic Take on Sameach b'Chelko
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4.24: Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity!
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:23: Marcus Ish Gamzu and His Stoic Naïveté
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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TSJ Interlude - I Got Got By An Impression!
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:22: That's a Jacket, Not a Bad Cat!
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:21: The Afterlife and the Leech's Greedy Daughters
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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TSJ Interlude: A Very Seneca Chanukah! (Letter #13)
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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TSJ Interlude: Stoicism and My Subaru (Enchiridion 3-4)
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4.20 - On Receiving Praise
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:19: The Use and Abuse of the Immortality Fantasy
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:18: Stoic Tznius
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:17: Memento Mori ... but How?
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:16: Become Godlike in Ten Days?!
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:14-15: Just Passing On By ... Out of Existence
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:13: Got Reason?
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:12: Purposeful Living
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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TSJ Interlude: A Defense of This Podcast
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations Book I: A Stoic Emperor's Thanksgiving
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:11: REAL Bullying
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:9-10: On Justice in the Universe
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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TSJ Interlude: The Price of Stoic Tranquility
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:8: The Stoic Definition of Harm
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:7: The Secret to Not Getting Hurt
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:6: 10th Grade Boys Are Animals
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:5: Death is Natural, Why Freak Out?
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:4: The Commonwealth of Mind
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3d
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3c
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3b
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3a
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Marcus Aurelius on the Fallout of the 2020 Election
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:2
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 4:1
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:16
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:15
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:14
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:12
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:11b
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:13
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:11a
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:10
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:9
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:8
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:7
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:6
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:5
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:4
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:3
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:2
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 3:1
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:17
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:16
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:15
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:14
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:13
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:12
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:11
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:10
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:9
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:8
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:7
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:6
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:5
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:4
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:3
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:2
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Aurelius - Meditations 2:1
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Intro - How NOT to Listen to This Podcast
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Sep 06, 2020 |