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This episode weaves together the wisdom of Michel de Montaigne and Seneca—two thinkers separated by centuries yet united in their answer to life’s oldest question: how should we live?
For Montaigne, the key was freedom from the fear of death. For Seneca, freedom from the waste of life. One teaches acceptance, the other intention.
Together, they remind us that peace comes not from prolonging our days, but from inhabiting them fully—to stop dreading the end and start honoring the present as life’s most sacred gift.
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Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:
☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: This Is True Temperance
https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-this-is-2fa
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By Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)4.8
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This episode weaves together the wisdom of Michel de Montaigne and Seneca—two thinkers separated by centuries yet united in their answer to life’s oldest question: how should we live?
For Montaigne, the key was freedom from the fear of death. For Seneca, freedom from the waste of life. One teaches acceptance, the other intention.
Together, they remind us that peace comes not from prolonging our days, but from inhabiting them fully—to stop dreading the end and start honoring the present as life’s most sacred gift.
👇 👇 👇
📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT
Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:
☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: This Is True Temperance
https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-this-is-2fa
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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