William Irvine, Stoic for Life

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Interviewer: 
Jim Fleming
Guest(s): 
William B Irvine
05.15.2012

 

Although it can be uncomfortable to look death in the face, contemplatives and philosophers have been doing that for millennia.
 
When philosopher William Irvine went looking for a philosophy of life, he stumbled upon the Stoics.
 
Irvine says Stoicism teaches that minding our mortality can help us live a more joyful life. 
 
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