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“Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety.” –Seneca, Letters from a Stoic
- Seneca Quote
“As to what the future's uncertain lot has in store, why should I demand of Fortune that she give rather than demand of myself that I should not crave? And why should I crave? Shall I heap up my winnings, and forget that man's lot is unsubstantial?...
- Seneca Quote
"The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company." -Seneca, Letters from a Stoic ...
- Nassim Taleb On Seneca
From the end of Russ Roberts’ interview with Nassim Taleb: RR: Here's a little postscript. You wanted to say something else about Seneca. Go ahead. NT: Most people don't understand what Stoic is. They think that a stoic wants to sort of be...
- Nassim Taleb On Stoics And Stoicism
From Fooled by Randomness:"Having control over randomness can be expressed in the manner in which one acts in the small and the large. Recall that epic heroes were judged by their actions, not by the results. No matter how sophisticated our choices, how...
- Tim Ferriss - Google Io Ignite - Practical Pessimism
Link Related Tim Ferriss links: Book - The 4-Hour Workweek Stoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca Related previous post: The Wisdom of the Stoics: Selections from Seneca, Epictetus, and...
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Seneca quote
“Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety.” –Seneca, Letters from a Stoic
- Seneca Quote
“As to what the future's uncertain lot has in store, why should I demand of Fortune that she give rather than demand of myself that I should not crave? And why should I crave? Shall I heap up my winnings, and forget that man's lot is unsubstantial?...
- Seneca Quote
"The primary indication, to my thinking, of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company." -Seneca, Letters from a Stoic ...
- Nassim Taleb On Seneca
From the end of Russ Roberts’ interview with Nassim Taleb: RR: Here's a little postscript. You wanted to say something else about Seneca. Go ahead. NT: Most people don't understand what Stoic is. They think that a stoic wants to sort of be...
- Nassim Taleb On Stoics And Stoicism
From Fooled by Randomness:"Having control over randomness can be expressed in the manner in which one acts in the small and the large. Recall that epic heroes were judged by their actions, not by the results. No matter how sophisticated our choices, how...
- Tim Ferriss - Google Io Ignite - Practical Pessimism
Link Related Tim Ferriss links: Book - The 4-Hour Workweek Stoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca Related previous post: The Wisdom of the Stoics: Selections from Seneca, Epictetus, and...