Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Epictetus

Epictetus was born into slavery and beaten until he was lame...
but he became one of Ancient Rome's greatest thinkers by
accepting every setback as an opportunity to learn and grow.


Philosophy professor Bill Irvine joins Dr Laurie Santos to delve
into Stoicism - an ancient school of thought which urges us to
reframe how we view the problems we all face and defuse the
negative emotions of anger and envy that can be so harmful to our
happiness.
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