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 Dinesh
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Seneca had an extreme trick for practicing ‘amor fati.’ He was asthmatic, and attacks brought him almost to the point of suffocation. He often felt that he was about to die, but he learned to use each attack as a philosophical opportunity. While his throat closed and his lungs strained for breath, he tried to embrace what was happening to him: to say “yes” to it. I will this, he would think; and, if necessary, I will myself to die from it. When the attack receded, he emerged feeling stronger, for he had done battle with fear and defeated it. ~ Page 114

HOW TO LIVE
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 Dinesh
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While Seneca believed that nothing terrible could happen to the inner character of a wise person , it’s law of nature that everyone will experience adversities. In the Stoic view, however, these adversities are sent to us by “god” or “the universe” as “training exercises”, to test us and help us develop our character.

(While Seneca uses the term ‘God’ like like other Stoics, it’s essential to know that the Stoic idea doesn’t correspond to the Christian concept of God. the Stoic notion refers to a kind of intelligence present in nature, which they would call ‘God, Nature, Fate, Zeus,’ the Universe’ and many other terms interchangeably. In this book, I use the term “the Universe,” when possible, to avoid any confusion with the Judeo-Christian idea of God) ~ Author)

BREAKFAST WITH SENECA
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