{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd/695bb9687795b139872963e7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"You'll Never Be Perfect, And That's Just Fine","description":"<p>This episode reframes Stoicism not as a quest for unreachable perfection, but as a practice of steady progress. </p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on the ancient idea of the <em>prokoptōn</em>—the one who makes progress—we explore why even Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius saw themselves as students rather than sages. </p><p><br></p><p>Stoic philosophy, we discover, is less about arriving and more about returning: again and again, to reflection, correction, and effort. To live as a Stoic is simply to desire progress, and to keep good company along the way.</p><p><br></p><p>👇 👇 👇</p><p><br></p><p>📻<strong> FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Check out one of my latest daily <em>Micro Morning Meditations</em> here on Substack:</p><p><br></p><p><em>☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Don’t Always Be Beginning To Live</em></p><p><a href=\"https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-dont-always-94c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-dont-always-94c</a></p>","author_name":"Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)"}