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Nov 2022
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This Is Your Job As A Citizen | Why You ...

Daily Stoic | Wondery
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The single most important practice in Stoic philosophy is differentiating between what we have control over and what we don’t. Epictetus said, “The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where t ... Show More
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