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    259. What are you going to do with your luck?

    259. What are you going to do with your luck?

    FromStoic Meditations

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    259. What are you going to do with your luck?

    FromStoic Meditations

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    Length:
    2 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 14, 2018
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Seneca conjures a vivid image of the goddess Fortuna showering mortals with gifts, which are ruined by the eager crowd, or badly used, and that at any rate do not produce happiness. That's because people lack wisdom, necessary to truly enjoy Fortuna's gifts.

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    Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
    Released:
    Dec 14, 2018
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support