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Podcast: Stoa Conversations: Stoicism Applied
Episode: Michael Bonner on the Rise and Fall of Civilization (Episode 24)
Description: Want to become more Stoic? Join us and other Stoics this October: Stoicism Applied by Caleb Ontiveros and Michael Tremblay on MavenStoics have a contemplative practice called The View From Above – it involves looking down on our life from a larger vantage point. An excellent way to do that is to zoom out and look at history, the rise and fall of civilizations. When we do that, the trivial falls away and what is important remains.This conversation with Dr Michael Bonner takes that larger perspective. Michael is a classist, civil servant, an expert on...