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EPISODE · Jan 28, 2022 · 3 MIN

986. What are we born for?

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Cicero presents the Stoic argument that we are born to be virtuous, meaning prosocial. The Epicureans thought we are born to seek pleasure and avoid pain. They both had a point.

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