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Stoic Duty | Attaining Tranquility | Stoicism | Episode 12
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00:09 - Seek tranquility and offer guidance
00:46 - The source of some of the greatest delights
02:08 - Valuing tranquility
02:37 - Support & subscribe
02:55 - Marcus explains the nature of this social duty
03:30 - What, then, is the function of man?
05:52 - Marcus rejects the notion of doing our social duty
06:57 - Marcus makes it clear how little he thinks of his fellow man
08:14 - “Eating, sleeping, copulating, excreting, and the like; what a crew they are!”
09:43 -The reward is not the thanks of those we help
10:15 -The gods created us with a certain function in mind.
11:02 - Duty is the enemy of happiness
11:39 - Outro