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Thank you for the meditation!
I don't think that what you're saying contradicts what Seneca is saying here. We do indeed have an excess of material abundance available. But-- and this is the heart of Stoicism-- it is within our power to choose how we relate to that excess.
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Date: 2020-12-18 12:51 pm (UTC)I don't think that what you're saying contradicts what Seneca is saying here. We do indeed have an excess of material abundance available. But-- and this is the heart of Stoicism-- it is within our power to choose how we relate to that excess.