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I’m not sure why someone couldn’t enjoy something without being attached to it. That’s what both Stoics and Buddhists maintain. Seneca is simply saying that one way to train ourselves to reduce our attachment to things is to do without them, from time to time.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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