Something that also differentiated Stoicism from stereotypical philosophical discourse was the fact that it produces men who did rather than thought. This was <a href="http://dailystoic.com/Epictetus">Epictetus </a>' promise of philosophy. Sometimes the discussion about the meaning of life serves no purpose other than to distract you from the answer, which is found in front of you when you live life. When you wake up, <a href="http://dailystoic.com/memento-mori">pretend today is your last day </a>and live life as you would in this circumstance.

Below is a guest post from Philip Ghezelbash, as he offered to share five of the most important lessons he took away from Stoicism. Enjoy! *** Live Every Day As If It Were Your Last Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher. He once said: "You live as if you were destined to live forever, no ...

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The Philosophy Of Stoicism: Five Lessons from Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Zeno of Citium.

The Philosophy Of Stoicism: Five Lessons from Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and Zeno of Citium.

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