104. Epictetus and the open door policy: Stoicism and suicide

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Tough topic for this episode: what is known as Epictetus' open door policy, that is, the Stoic idea that suicide is permissible, under certain circumstances. And indeed, that it is its possibility that gives us freedom and courage to fight on.

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