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1

Life as a Seudah ha'Mafsekes

2

1500 Days of Gratitude, Gam Zeh Yaavor, and How Not to Lose the Only Thing You Have (Aurelius - Meditations 2.14)

3

1350 Days of Gratitude, Rabbi Sacks on Pesach Storytelling, and Meditation as Foundation (Seneca - Letter #13)

4

My Oura Ring Was Stolen! ... But Only In My Mind (Epictetus - Discourses 2.18-30)

5

Don't Be Shocked By Evil (Aurelius - Meditations 7:1)

6

The Car Repair Saga of Summer 2024 (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:1)

7

The Stoic Jew Shiur #07: Existential Procrastination (Meditations 2:4)

8

The Stoic Jew Shiur #06: How Stoics and Jews React to the Deaths of the Wicked (Meditations 2.1)

9

The Stoic Jew Shiur #05: Marcus Aurelius, Rambam, and Kuzari on "Gam Zu l'Tovah!" (Meditations 2:3)

10

The Stoic Jew Shiur #04: Self-Talk About Your True Self (Meditations 2:2)

11

Three Years of Gratitude, Even for Insomnia!

12

The Stoic Jew Shiur #03: Stoic Values vs. Jewish Values (Meditations 2:1)

13

The Stoic Jew Shiur #02: Good and Bad, in Stoicism and Judaism (Meditations 2:1)

14

The Stoic Jew Shiur #01: Marcus's Morning Reminder (Meditations 2:1)

15

Announcing: The Stoic Jew Shiur! (Wed, 8-9pm EDT)

16

Be Bees, My Friend (Seneca - Letter #84: On Gathering Ideas)

17

Epictetus's Baths, Seinfeld's Equilibrium, and How to Say Baruch Dayan ha'Emes with Joy (Epictetus - Enchiridion 4)

18

Bees, Epictetus, Tehilim 118, Israel's War, and Yom haShoah (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:5; Discourses 2:18)

19

1000 Days of Gratitude (Haggadah)

20

Does Insomnia Even Matter? (Aurelius - Meditations 6:1-2; 2:14)

21

Deathbed Moments of U.S. Presidents, Japanese Monks, Chazal, Victims of the October 7th Massacre, and My Rebbi zt"l

22

God of Time or Dog Eating Its Own Vomit? (a "Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack" Crossover Episode)

23

Matt Schneeweiss, the God of Time (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life)

24

A Stoic Approach to the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah (Aurelius - Meditations 5:11)

25

Aurelius and Rav Soloveitchik on the Problem with Vidui (Aurelius - Meditations 10.30)

26

How My First Week Went, Thanks in Part to Epictetus (Enchiridion 1, 7, 17, 21)

27

Stoic Jew Thoughts on the First Day at a New School

28

Two MAJOR Professional/Life Updates for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

29

A Judean Ransacking of Roman Stoicism

30

How to Take a Gratitude Bath

31

The Burning of Lahaina, Lyons, and Yerushalayim (Seneca - Letter #91: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons)

32

Know Thy (Sick) Self: Three Lessons from Recent Sick Days

33

Two Years (Plus) of Gratitude, 300 (Plus) Episodes, and Smashing Through Podcaster's Block (Plus)

34

Freddie Mercury, Shadal, and the Crisis of Human Finitude

35

TSJ Interlude: “Where Have You Been?” Secret Episode, Instagram, and More!

36

Vows to Hashem for Salvation and Gratitude (Seneca - Letters #73, 31)

37

Pesach During the Holocaust (Aurelius – Meditations 4:49,8)

38

Recap and Update on My Relation to Meditation (Epictetus – Enchiridion 20; Aurelius – Meditations 4:3; Seneca – Letter #2)

39

Blaming My Insomnia on Satan (Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)

40

My Eulogy for Popo

41

Purim, Providence, and 600 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5,8,20; Discourses 1:6)

42

Three Models of Grieving: Aurelius, Epictetus, and Rambam (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)

43

Preparing to Grieve for Popo, My 98-Year-Old Grandmother (Seneca – Letters #23,26,101, On the Shortness of Life, Consolation of Marcia 10:4)

44

Reflections on My 39th Birthday, New Years 2023, and 2nd Semester (Seneca – Letter #83)

45

Dan l’Chaf Zechus: a Practical Stoic Technique for Judging Someone Favorably (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5)

46

Insights Gleaned from My 30-Day Coffee Replacement Experiment (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18; Seneca - Consolation to Helvia 11:14; Letter #39)

47

Musings on OpenAI in Light of Stoic and Jewish Concepts of the Soul (Aurelius – Meditations 2:2,17; 3:16)

48

Reflection on Counting 52 Weeks of My Life (Seneca – On the Shortness of Life)

49

500 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus - Discourses 3:12, Aurelius - Meditations 5:20, 10:16)

50

Reacting to an Event as a Slow-Motion Explosion (Seneca – Letter #99: On Consolation to the Bereaved; Aurelius – Meditations 9:36)

51

To Die Like Ben Azzai in Pardes … Would it Be So Bad? (Aurelius – Meditations 12:36)

52

B’Shem Hashem El Olam: Only God “Has Time” (Aurelius – Meditations 2:4)

53

You Can’t Be Present Yesterday (Aurelius - Meditations 2:14)

54

How Not to Not Not Care About Being Liked By Everyone (Seneca - Letter #52; Epictetus - Discourses 1:21; Aurelius - Meditations 7:62)

55

When Life Gives You Insomnia, Bake a Cake and Rejoice in Yisurin (Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)

56

Some Stoic Strategies for Being Late (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1,4,17; Aurelius - Meditations 4:8; Seneca - Letter #13)

57

The Short Prayers of Marcus Aurelius and the Kohen Gadol (Aurelius - Meditations 5:7)

58

Stoicism vs. Judaism on Motives for Righteousness (Aurelius - Meditations 5:6)

59

How to Grapple with Your Own Intellectual Inferiority (Aurelius - Meditations 5:5)

60

May We Have an Elul Filled with Suffering and a Painful New Year (Epictetus – Discourses 3:23)

61

How Stoic Invulnerability Works (Aurelius – Meditations 10:33, 4:8, 5:20)

62

Why I Can’t Take the “Stoic” Out of “The Stoic Jew Podcast”

63

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Almond Extract (Epictetus – Discourses 1:6)

64

My 48-Hour Fast, Marta bas Baisos, and the Boon of Halacha (Seneca – Letter #18; Epictetus – Enchiridion 50)

65

Do You Have People in Your Life Who Try to Convince You You're Unhappy? (Seneca - Letter #13)

66

Post-Insomnia Stoic Jew Self-Talk (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)

67

When the IRS Acts as an Agent of God (Epictetus - Enchiridion 11)

68

EFT: The Future of Thinking About the Future (Seneca - Letter #91; Aurelius 9:30; 12:24)

69

Why Do You Value Stoicism as a Jew? (Epictetus – Enchiridion 8,5,1; Seneca – Letter #91; Aurelius – Meditations 2:11)

70

How to Win the Lead Role in E.T. and Achieve Human Perfection (Epictetus – Discourses 2:18)

71

365 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 5:16)

72

The Intellectual Humility of Rabbi Moskowitz and Marcus Aurelius (Aurelius – Meditations 6:21)

73

My Eulogy for Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l

74

Applying Epictetus to My Insomnia (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)

75

"Are you sure it was a rat?" (Seneca - Letter #71: On the Supreme Good)

76

What Won't Last (Aurelius - Meditations 5:23)

77

Habit Tracking and Sefiras ha'Omer (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)

78

How to Learn Ethics Without Vomiting (Epictetus - Discourses 3:21; 2:9)

79

A Stoic Jew Mother's Day Episode, Dedicated to Mommy and Popo (Seneca - Consolation of Helvia)

80

How I Met Epictetus (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1)

81

TSJ Interlude: 300 Days of Gratitude

82

Stoic Anxiety vs. Torah Anxiety (Epictetus – Enchiridion 50)

83

Stoic Musings Upon Visiting Bruce Lee's Grave on R' Soloveitchik's Yahrtzeit (Aurelius - Meditations 12:1)

84

Pesach, Epictetus, and Man's Search for Meaning

85

Some Thoughts on Will Smith's Angry Reaction (Epictetus - Enchiridion 20; Seneca - On Anger 2:1)

86

Why We Choose Evil (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)

87

Decorating Our Prison Cells (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)

88

Purim vs. Stoicism (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4; 2:6; Enchiridion 14)

89

Letting Go of Your Rice, Tafasta Merubeh, and Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's Wisdom (Epictetus - Discourses 3:9)

90

XTREME Premeditatio Malorum, Vaynerchuk Style (Seneca - Letter #91: On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons)

91

Insight from a Misreading of Seneca (Seneca - Letter #13: On Groundless Fears)

92

TSJ Interlude: Reflection on Five Consecutive Days of TSJ Episodes

93

How to Avoid Results-Oriented Thinking (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1)

94

“A few is enough for me; so is one; and so is none” (Seneca – Letter #7: On Crowds)

95

My February 2022 Experiments in the Art of Creating Time (Seneca - Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time)

96

Marcus’s Material Mortality Meditation (Aurelius – Meditations 5:4)

97

Is “Subjugation” to Stoicism a Bad Thing? (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4)

98

225 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 9:6)

99

Liza's Short, Good Life (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life)

100

A Stoic Cure for Insomnia ... I Hope (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)

101

Seneca on Hashgachah Part 1 (On Providence 1:1)

102

Hashgachah Clarification from the Rosh ha’Yeshiva

103

Stoic Thoughts on My Winter Break 2022 - Part 2 (Seneca - Letters #2 and 83; Aurelius - Meditations 4:3)

104

Stoic Thoughts on My Winter Break 2022 - Part 1 (Seneca – On Tranquility of Mind 17:5)

105

Stoic Authenticity (Aurelius - Meditations 5:3)

106

The Waltz of Fate (Epictetus - Enchiridion 8; Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)

107

38th Birthday Reflections: On Self-Harm and Self-Actualization (Aurelius - Meditations 2.6)

108

Stoic Joy vs. Simchah shel Mitzvah (Seneca – Letter #59: On Pleasure and Joy)

109

How Much of Our Suffering is Performative? (Seneca – Letter #63: On Grief for Lost Friends)

110

The Hidden Costs of Life (Epictetus - Enchiridion 12,25; Discourses 1)

111

Yet Another Inhuman Facet of Epictetus's Stoicism (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)

112

TSJ Interlude: Asarah b'Teves and the Tragedy of The Stoic Jew Podcast

113

Three Stoic Divrei Torah on Parashas Vayigash (Epictetus – Enchiridion 7 & 1; Seneca – On the Shortness of Life)

114

Remember that You're ALREADY Dead (Aurelius - Meditations 7:56)

115

How to Shower Like You're Dying (Aurelius - Meditations 2:11)

116

Counting the Weeks of My Life (Seneca: On the Shortness of Life)

117

TSJ Interlude: Post-Thanksgiving Musings

118

TSJ Interlude - A Stoic Pep Talk on My Mild Anxiety About Meeting Up With My Dad's Family for Thanksgiving

119

The Crown of Torah and the Crown of Stoicism (Seneca - Letter #53)

120

C'mon, Marcus, Is Inner Peace REALLY That Easy (Aurelius - Meditations 5:2)

121

Honoring Bad Parents and Relating to Hashem (Epictetus - Enchiridion 30)

122

Rav Hirsch’s Stoic Take on Bli Neder (Seneca – Letter #13)

123

The Habit of Hating Handshakes (Epictetus – Discourses 3:12)

124

Self-Hate in Stoicism and Mishlei (Aurelius – Meditations 5:1)

125

How to Get Out of Bed on a Cold Morning (Aurelius - Meditations 5:1)

126

Are Humans Naturally Inclined Towards Virtue? (Rufus - Lectures 2:7:1-2)

127

Take the Short Road (Aurelius – Meditations 4:51)

128

Scattered Thoughts on Prolonging Life (Aurelius - Meditations 4:50)

129

Immunity to Misfortune (Aurelius - Meditations 4:49)

130

Aurelius vs. Akavya ben Mahallalel on Memento Mori (Aurelius - Meditations 4:48)

131

100 Days of Gratitude (Seneca - Letter #81: On Benefits)

132

TSJ Interlude: Struggles with Perfectionism ... AGAIN (Aurelius - Meditations 10:16)

133

TSJ Milestone: 200 Episodes and the Value of Talking About Virtue (Aurelius – Meditations 10:16)

134

Seneca on the Mabul and the Destiny of Mankind (Seneca – Natural Questions 3:28-30)

135

You Will Die Today ... OR Tomorrow (Aurelius - 4:47)

136

Heraclitus, Koheles, and Mufasa (Aurelius - Meditations 4:46)

137

Seneca and Sukkos (Seneca - Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting)

138

TSJ Interlude: Vidui Yom ha’Kippurim and Memento Mori

139

TSJ Interlude: Removing the Evil of the Decree

140

Rosh ha'Shanah 5782: Yom ha'Din in Light of Stoicism (Aurelius - Meditations 4:45)

141

Does Stoicism Promote Catastrophizing? (Seneca – Letter #91: On the Lesson to be Drawn From the Burning of Lyons)

142

Life as Reruns of a Scary Movie (Aurelius - Meditations 4:44)

143

Life as a River (Aurelius - Meditations 4:43)

144

Change: Neither Good Nor Bad (Aurelius - Meditations 4:42)

145

You Are a Soul Carrying a Corpse (Aurelius – Meditations 4:41)

146

Universe as Organism vs. Universe as Melachah (Aurelius – Meditations 4:40)

147

A Review of Stoic Values (Aurelius - Meditations 4:39)

148

Even the Wise Can Be Petty (Aurelius - Meditations 4:38)

149

TSJ Follow-up: Applying "Tiny Habits" to My Podcaster's Block

150

Stoicism, Habit Cultivation, and Elul (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)

151

TSJ Interlude: Experiment Updates

152

Be Fire, My Friend (Aurelius - Meditations 4:1)

153

Animaniacs, Plucky Duck, and Premeditatio Malorum (Epictetus – Enchiridion 17,8)

154

Their Cars Were Totaled and They Didn’t Even Know (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1)

155

The Medallion Experiment

156

Shooting Yourself With the Second Arrow (Aurelius – Meditations 4:7-8)

157

Holding a Dying Man in My Arms: a True Memento Mori (Aurelius – Meditations 2:11)

158

The Obstacle is the Way Back to New York (Aurelius – Meditations 5:20)

159

How I Accidentally Lived a Day to Its Fullest (Aurelius – Meditations 7:69; Seneca – Letter #101: On the Futility of Planning Ahead)

160

A Stoic Perspective on Tishah b’Av (Seneca – Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting)

161

Happy Being Happy (Seneca: Consolation of Helvia 5)

162

Turning a BAD 4-hour Sleep Into a GOOD 4-hour Sleep (Aurelius – Meditations 8:32)

163

Body of Clay and Soul of Gold (Seneca - Letter #66: On Various Aspects of Virtue)

164

The Gratitude Accountability Experiment (Aurelius – Meditations 9:6)

165

My Stoic Injury and TSJ Summer Update (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1:1)

166

Putting The Stoic Jew Podcast on Sacred Pause (Aurelius – Meditations 12:23; Epictetus – Enchiridion 17; Seneca – Letter #2)

167

Divine Compassion Toward a Foreign Fly (Aurelius – Meditations 9:8)

168

Stoic Strategies for Coping with the Kosher Ice Cream Truck (Aurelius – Meditations 2:1)

169

The Sacred Pause, Forgetting Hashem, and Mezuzah Experiment Update #3 (Aurelius – Meditations 4:3:1)

170

Cold Showers, Complaining, and How We Cause Our Own Suffering (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5,20; Aurelius – Meditations 4:7)

171

TSJ Interlude: Korach and My Sacred Pause Mezuzah Experiment

172

UNDISCLOSED TOPIC (Set Aside 15 Uninterrupted Minutes to Listen While Sitting Down)

173

A Response to the Charge of Stoic Heartlessness: Feeling vs. Emotion (Epictetus – Enchiridion 16)

174

Be Like a Smelly Goat (Aurelius – Meditations 11:15)

175

The Sacred Pause as Applied to Mezuzah (Aurelius – Meditations 5:23)

176

Phantom Stress, Being Present, and Embracing My Izzet Nature (Seneca – On the Shortness of Life 7:4)

177

Marcus Aurelius, Rabbi Sacks, and Mark Twain on Tragic Fiction (Aurelius – Meditations 11:6)

178

Rambam vs. Epictetus on Silence (Epictetus – Enchiridion 33)

179

No Shame in a Soldier Asking for Help (Aurelius – Meditations 7:7)

180

TSJ Interlude - Reflection on 455 Days Between Weddings

181

“The Sacred Pause” in Light of Stoicism and Judaism (Epictetus – Discourses 2:18)

182

The Obstacle is the Way to Knowledge of Hashem (Aurelius – Meditations 8:32-33)

183

TSJ Milestone: Reflections on the 150th Episode, and on Celebrating Such Milestones (Seneca: Letter #7 - On Crowds)

184

When Ticking Clocks Are Running Noses (Epictetus – Discourses 1:6)

185

On Those Who Look Down on “Pop” Stoicism and Mishlei (Epictetus – Enchiridion 49,46)

186

How to Enjoy the Present Day As If It’s Your Last (Aurelius – Meditations 7:69)

187

Another Stoic Perspective on Shavuos (Aurelius - Meditations 2:3)

188

TSJ Interlude: Personal Thoughts on the Situation in Israel

189

A Stoic Perspective on Shavuos, True Wealth, and Constant Partying (Seneca – Consolation of Helvia)

190

How to Convince Mom That You’re Invulnerable (Seneca – Consolation of Helvia)

191

Seneca’s Ruthless Consolation of His Mother (Seneca – Consolation of Helvia)

192

On Friendship and the Sharing of Knowledge, Part 2 (Seneca – Letter #6)

193

On Friendship and the Sharing of Knowledge, Part 1 (Seneca – Letter #6)

194

The Saga of the Resurrected Shirt (Epictetus – Enchiridion 4,11)

195

Three Questions for Assessing Our Complicity in Our Own Suffering (Epictetus – Enchiridion 5)

196

Review of Stoic Compassion in Light of IFS (Aurelius – Meditations 6:27; 7:22,26)

197

TSJ Interlude - Remembering Shabbos, Remembering Death, and Appreciating Life

198

Thank Iron Archer (and IFS) for Today’s Non-Episode Episode

199

On Being Dragged Down by Harmful Relationships (Epictetus – Discourses 4:2)

200

The “Fellow Trainee” Method of Not Taking Things Personally (Aurelius – Meditations 6:20)

201

Making Use of Contemptuous Expressions (Aurelius – Meditations 6:13)

202

TSJ Q&A: “Are You Able to Slow Down a Little? I Can’t Keep Up!” (Seneca Letter #40: On the Proper Style for a Philosopher’s Discourse)

203

Thinking Aloud About My Fundamental Disagreement with Epictetus (Epictetus – Enchiridion 8, Discourses 3:8)

204

Burnt Coffee, Running Noses, and False Stoic Dichotomies (Epictetus: Enchiridion 8, Discourses 1:6)

205

On Sleep: Stoicism vs. Judaism (Aurelius – Meditations 8:12)

206

On Resisting the Gravitational Pull of Pleasures (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)

207

Rationalizing Self-Destructive Behavior Through Counterfeit Values (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)

208

How to Escape the Compulsion of Comparing Yourself to Others (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)

209

The Compulsion to Compare Yourself to Others (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)

210

Rosh Chodesh as a Tool for Measuring Stoic and Jewish Progress (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)

211

How to Make Bad Food Taste Good (Seneca: Letter #123 - On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue)

212

Reflection on a Year of COVID and the Sanctification of Time (Aurelius – Meditations 4:47)

213

Epictetus on How Adherence to Judaism Leads to True Freedom (Epictetus: Discourses 4:4)

214

On Deviating from Self-Imposed Routines (Epictetus: Enchiridion 50)

215

How the Jedi Order Gives Stoicism a Bad Name, Part 2: Obi-Wan (Seneca: Letter #71 - On the Supreme Good)

216

How the Jedi Order Gives Stoicism a Bad Name, Part 1: Yoda (Epictetus: Enchiridion 3,7)

217

Seneca's VERY Non-Jewish Reason for Studying Physics and Metaphysics (Seneca: Letter #65 - On the First Cause)

218

The Stoic Approach to Tefilah (Seneca Letter #67 - On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering)

219

TSJ Q&A: “Why Did the Stoics Get Their Metaphysics Wrong?” (Seneca: Letter #64 – On the Philosopher’s Task)

220

Coffee: One of Life’s Delights or Just Hot Bean Juice? (Aurelius – Meditations 6:13)

221

Triggered by Rationality (Seneca: Letter #66 – On Various Aspects of Virtue)

222

On Living Each Separate Day as a Separate Life (Seneca: Letter #101 – On the Futility of Planning Ahead)

223

On Stoic Compassion for Those Who Stumble (Aurelius – Meditations 6:27; 7:22,26)

224

TSJ Q&A: "Are You a Stoic?" (Epictetus - Enchiridion 51:3)

225

When Luxuries Masquerade as Necessities (Seneca: Letter #86 - On Scipio's Villa)

226

Thank You to My Students, Be They Many or Few (Seneca: Letter #7 - On Crowds, Conclusion)

227

How to Deal with Blushing, Stage Fright, and Other “Uncontrollable” Reactions (Seneca Letter #11 – On the Blush of Modesty)

228

Bruce Lee on Dynamic Combat and Why Pirkei Avos Isn’t For Everyone (Seneca: Letter #22 – On the Futility of Halfway Measures)

229

Seneca on Purim Drinking (Seneca: Letter #18 – On Festivals and Fasting)

230

Seneca on Kiruv and Kohanim (Seneca: Letter #5 – On the Philosopher’s Mean, Part 2)

231

Kidush ha’Shem and Kidush ha’Stoicism (Seneca: Letter #5 – On the Philosopher’s Mean, Part 1)

232

TSJ Milestone - Reflections on Our 100th Episode (!) and Epictetus on Becoming a Good Stoic Jew

233

A Personal Reflection on Friendships During the Pandemic (Seneca: Letter #3 - On True and False Friendship, Part 4)

234

Divine Omniscience and the Tendency to Hide from Oneself (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 3)

235

How to Tell if a “Friend” Will Betray Your Trust (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 2)

236

Rambam vs. Seneca on True Friendship (Seneca Letter #3: On True and False Friendship, Part 1)

237

TSJ Interlude: Was George Washington a Stoic?

238

My February 2021 Experiments in the Art of Creating Time (Seneca Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 4)

239

Teach Us to Count Our Days (Seneca Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 3)

240

The Metaphysical Psychosis of Wasting Time (Seneca Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 2)

241

The Berachos That Remind Us of Death (Seneca - Letter #1: On Using and Wasting Time, Part 1)

242

TSJ Interlude - What Seneca Thought Concerning the Jews

243

Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 4 of 4) The Experiment

244

Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 3 of 4) Naval Ravikant's Take

245

Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 2 of 4) Rabbi Moskowitz's Take

246

Seneca Letter #2 - On Doing Nothing (Part 1 of 4) Marcus Aurelius's Take

247

TSJ Interlude - On Blizzards, (Re)bookings, and Beginning with the Little Things

248

Seneca - Letter #2: "On Discursiveness in Reading"

249

Aurelius - Meditations 4:37: Marcus's Lapse in Stoicism

250

TSJ Interlude - A Stoic Perspective on Vaccination

251

Aurelius - Meditations 4:36: The Fact of Matter

252

Aurelius - Meditations 4:35: Human Life is a Day Soon Forgotten

253

TSJ Interlude - 37th Birthday Reflections: On the Allegory of the Soldier

254

Aurelius - Meditations 4:34: A Virtuous Life in the Present vs. a Forgotten Legacy in the Future

255

Aurelius - Meditations 4:33: How to Live Forever by Embracing Your Mortality

256

Aurelius - Meditations 4:32: Remember the Titans, that They Too Are Forgotten

257

Aurelius - Meditations 4:31: The Stoic 401(k)

258

Aurelius - Meditations 4.30: On Being a Stoic Philosopher

259

Aurelius - Meditations 4:29: Bad Citizens in the City of the Universe

260

Aurelius - Meditations 4:28: Blackness of Character

261

Aurelius - Meditations 4:27: Aurelius on Hashgachah Pratis

262

Aurelius - Meditations 4:26: Stoic Simplicity, Spending, and Sobriety

263

Seneca - Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting (Part 2)

264

Seneca - Letter #18: On Festivals and Fasting (Part 1)

265

Aurelius - Meditations 4:25: A Stoic Take on Sameach b'Chelko

266

Aurelius - Meditations 4.24: Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity!

267

Aurelius - Meditations 4:23: Marcus Ish Gamzu and His Stoic Naïveté

268

TSJ Interlude - I Got Got By An Impression!

269

Aurelius - Meditations 4:22: That's a Jacket, Not a Bad Cat!

270

Aurelius - Meditations 4:21: The Afterlife and the Leech's Greedy Daughters

271

TSJ Interlude: A Very Seneca Chanukah! (Letter #13)

272

TSJ Interlude: Stoicism and My Subaru (Enchiridion 3-4)

273

Aurelius - Meditations 4.20 - On Receiving Praise

274

Aurelius - Meditations 4:19: The Use and Abuse of the Immortality Fantasy

275

Aurelius - Meditations 4:18: Stoic Tznius

276

Aurelius - Meditations 4:17: Memento Mori ... but How?

277

Aurelius - Meditations 4:16: Become Godlike in Ten Days?!

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:14-15: Just Passing On By ... Out of Existence

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:13: Got Reason?

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:12: Purposeful Living

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TSJ Interlude: A Defense of This Podcast

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Aurelius - Meditations Book I: A Stoic Emperor's Thanksgiving

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:11: REAL Bullying

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:9-10: On Justice in the Universe

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TSJ Interlude: The Price of Stoic Tranquility

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:8: The Stoic Definition of Harm

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:7: The Secret to Not Getting Hurt

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:6: 10th Grade Boys Are Animals

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:5: Death is Natural, Why Freak Out?

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:4: The Commonwealth of Mind

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3d

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3c

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3b

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:3a

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Marcus Aurelius on the Fallout of the 2020 Election

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:2

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Aurelius - Meditations 4:1

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:16

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:15

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:14

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:12

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:13

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:11b

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:11a

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:10

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:9

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:8

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:7

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:5

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:4

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:3

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:2

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Aurelius - Meditations 3:1

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:17

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:16

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:15

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:14

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:13

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:12

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:11

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:10

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:9

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:8

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:7

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:6

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:5

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:4

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:3

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:2

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Aurelius - Meditations 2:1

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