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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2018 · 1 MIN

195. The right thing to do is often painful

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Musonius Rufus articulates the Stoic equivalent of "no pain, no gain," in part as a rebuke to the Epicureans. Engaging in social and political life is painful, but it's the right thing to do.

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