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When Marcus’ health started failing, he sent for his son. Mar-cus told him not to neglect the ongoing war because it would seem he was betraying the State. 

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1  - If you want to be a person of honor and trust, who can stop you? [Epictetus, D 2.2] 

In the FOURTEENTH chapter of his discourse On The Happy Life, Seneca tells us that, to be happy, we should stop pursuing pleasure, and instead pursue virtue. This is an excerpt from Stoic Happiness, a plain English version of Seneca’s On the Happy Life, published by The Stoic Gym. https://amzn.to/2I0mbVW

This is the fourteenth excerpt from our 10-week course on Stoicism. The book covering all course material, readings, and exercises is available from https://amzn.to/2Ck0fje. 

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Use people’s specific talents - If anyone did anything excellent, Marcus praised them and used their talents for that purpose. But he did not expect other things from them. Marcus said:

Disclosure - THE STOIC online magazine is distributed free. The costs associated with it are 100% underwritten by the publisher, The Stoic Gym, and the personal resources of the Editor, Dr. Chuck Chakrapani. The Stoic Gym neither solicits nor accepts donations. The expenses incurred are mostly subsidized by the revenues associated with the sale of books.

1 - Then you will say, “I am a scholar, but no one cares”. Yes, because you are a bad and useless human being. [Epictetus, D 2.4]

In the FIFTEENTH chap-ter of his discourse On The Happy Life, Seneca tells us that, to be happy, we should stop pursuing pleasure, and instead pur-sue virtue. This is an ex-cerpt from Stoic Happi-ness, a plain English ver-sion of Seneca’s On the Happy Life, published by The Stoic Gym. 

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No end to our desires 

There is no logical place where our de-sires end. Most of our desires are not extinguished when we fulfil them. In-stead, they lead to greater and greater desires. So, the first problem with intense desires is that the more you feed them, the more you need them. The second problem with excessive desires is that when you are a slave to your desires, you become a slave to people who control what you desire. 

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