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EPISODE · Jun 5, 2019 · 3 MIN

380. How to do a premeditation of adversity

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Seneca talks about the premeditatio malorum, an exercise that allows us to be mentally prepared for possible negative outcomes of our action. The key to it is to engage your reasoning faculty, not your emotional reactions.

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