stoic approval is lighter than conscience.
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Key Takeaway: Do The Right Thing.
Do The Right Thing. Approval is lighter than conscience.. The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage, and temperance or moderation. Stoic ethics treats virtue as the good and as necessary and sufficient for happiness, while external conditions are not themselves the measure of a good life. • Approval is lighter than conscience.
As the Stoic philosophers — particularly Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations and Seneca in his Letters — wrote, Do The Right Thing.
— Oriens
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Withdraw Within Yourself
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Receive Your Role
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Face The Door
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Fear weakens when you stop pretending exits do not exist.
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Be Worth Trusting
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Friendship begins with the character you bring.
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Share The World
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Nothing Owns You
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Wish With Reality
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Begin The Work
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Your task is not elsewhere.
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Receive The Ordinary
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Claim Your Hours
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Keep Good Company
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Stoic ethics treats virtue as the good and as necessary and sufficient for happiness, while external conditions are not themselves the measure of a good life..
Practice What Matters
Do The Right Thing..
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Approval is lighter than conscience...
Born For Each Other
The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage, and temperance or moderation..
Human life is not meant to be carried alone.
Stoic ethics treats virtue as the good and as necessary and sufficient for happiness, while external conditions are not themselves the measure of a good life..
Simplify Your Desire
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Accept The Season
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Name Things Plainly
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Correct Without Anger
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