Becoming Stoic

41 discussions · 28 narrated texts · 9 films

Every Friday, we take the week apart.

Latest · Discussion · XLI · Book IV

On not needing an audience

Why the most-quoted passage in Meditations is the one most often misread, and what changes when you read it as a private note instead of advice.

Transcript · in preparation Aug 7, 2026

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Narrated text · Aug 5 · 22:39

Meditations, Book IV, read aloud

Narrated text · XXVIII · Book IV

Film · Jul 31 · 7:04

Where Seneca actually lived

Film · IX · Book V

Discussion · Jul 24 · 52:47

The slave and the emperor

Discussion · XL · Book III