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Episode 145: Memento Mori Revisited: Let Death Sharpen You
We covered Memento Mori once before — but this episode goes deeper, past urgency and into what the Stoics were really after: the removal of triviality. Drawing on Marcus Aurelius's private journals, Seneca, and decades of research from psychologists Solomon, Greenberg, and Pyszczynski, today's episode shows how facing death directly — rather than suppressing it — narrows your attention toward what is genuinely yours. Tonight, one small reflection is all it takes to feel the difference. Key Topics: memento mori, Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Terror Management Theory, mortality awareness…
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