Epictetus on Love and Loss: The Stoic Strategy for Surviving Heartbreak
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Epictetus on Love and Loss: The Stoic Strategy for Surviving Heartbreak
That is all we have, this moment with the world. It will not last, because nothing lasts. Entropy, mortality, extinction: the entire plan of the universe consists of losing, and no matter how much we find along the way, life amounts to a reverse savings account in which we are eventually robbed of everything. Our dreams and plans and jobs and knees... See more
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