{"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/6a9fb60bf9c5c14b7e2b5d6d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Marvels and the Dangers of Being Alive","description":"<p>This episode reflects on Seneca’s question of whether life is still worth choosing when its beauty and suffering come as a package. </p><p><br></p><p>In <em>Consolation to Marcia</em>, he sets the marvels of existence—stars, mountains, rivers, forests, love—beside illness, grief, danger, and death, then asks whether we would still agree to enter such a life. </p><p><br></p><p>His answer is simple: we would.</p><p><br></p><p><em>If you’d like to practice these principles, this Micro Morning Meditation will be helpful:</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: You Will Marvel At These Things</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-you-will\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-you-will</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)"}