Seneca on Master and Slave

About this episode

<p>In this letter, Seneca is arguing against the treatment of slaves and uses slavery as a metaphor to illustrate how we allow things to control us and the importance of freeing ourselves.</p><br><p>Today’s episode is an excerpt from<a href="https://tim.blog/2017/07/06/tao-of-seneca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> The Tao Of Seneca</a> produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. Get the free PDF at<a href="https://tim.blog/2017/07/06/tao-of-seneca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> tim.blog/seneca</a></p><br><p>🎙️ Listen to other letters from Seneca:</p><ul><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/seneca-on-despising-death/id1430315931?i=1000550927271" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca on Despising Death</a></li><li><a href="https://dailystoic.com/seneca-on-conquering-the-conqueror/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca on Conquering the Conqueror</a></li><li><a href="https://dailystoic.com/seneca-on-philosophy-and-friendship/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca on Philosophy and Friendship</a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seneca-on-practicing-what-you-preach/id1430315931?i=1000662663992" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca on Practicing What You Preach</a></li><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/am/podcast/seneca-on-the-reasons-for-withdrawing-from-the-world/id1430315931?i=1000675118814" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca on The Reasons For Withdrawing From The World&nbsp;</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>📚 Grab a copy of<a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/how-to-keep-your-cool-an-ancient-guide-to-anger-management?_pos=5&amp;_sid=db494ef5d&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <em>How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management</em></a><strong> </strong>by Seneca |<a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/how-to-keep-your-cool-an-ancient-guide-to-anger-management?_pos=5&amp;_sid=db494ef5d&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thepaintedporch.com/</a></p><br><p>✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at<a href="https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><br><p>🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store:<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://store.dailystoic.com/</a></p><br><p>📱 Follow us:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> &nbsp;Instagram</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DailyStoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> YouTube</a>,<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> TikTok</a>, and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>