{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dying Every Day (Stoicism in a Year)","title":"Dying Daily: Seneca on Learning to Die","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cfe3ff79\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":274,"description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\nWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Dying Daily.\n“He who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.”— Seneca, Moral Letters\nMuch of fear is fear of losing. Losing comfort. Losing status. Losing strength.\nLosing the familiar structure of the life you have arranged and quietly begun to mistake for permanent.\nSeneca’s point is severe because it reaches the root. Until you have made some peace with death, you will be ruled by lesser fears. You will delay when you should begin. Cling where you should let go. Submit where you should stand upright.\nTo learn how to die is not to become theatrical about mortality. [...]\n#stoicism #philosophy #lifelessons\n--- \n 🖇️ Stay Connected: Newsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations---\n \n 🦉 Additional Resources: Perennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archiveListen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/i2NOLOL_psGvTh1mYAB9Wv3hAtZpcGL8tllqKPgpNSE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xODg1/YTFjM2E1ZjMwNWNk/NDM1M2NmZWFhZTc5/ZmRlOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}