<![CDATA[Ink & Oxygen]]>1c83150d-ebb6-5ae4-a2ba-8665976be5c3Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:01:39 +0000Captivate.fmThe Confused Idealisthttps://artwork.captivate.fm/59307043-d501-4bc2-8db5-8d94846c618c/Ink-Oxygen.jpegInk & OxygenThe Confused IdealistThe Confused IdealistA brief, daily reading of a full philosophical text. Each time we finish a book, we begin again with a new book, gaining perspective and wisdom along the way.https://InkAndOxygen.comfalseserialyespodcastJoin and SupportTerms of UseUnited StatesChapter 9 - Of A Happy LifeChapter 9 - Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 9 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Do you ask what I seek from virtue? I answer, Herself: for she has nothing better; she is her own reward. Does this not appear great enough, when I tell you that the highest good is an unyielding strength of mind, wisdom, magnanimity, sound judgment, freedom, harmony, beauty? Do you still ask me for something greater, of which these may be regarded as the attributes? Why do you talk of pleasures to me? I am seeking to find what is good for man, not for his belly; why, cattle and whales have larger ones than he.”


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]]>Today, we read chapter 9 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Do you ask what I seek from virtue? I answer, Herself: for she has nothing better; she is her own reward. Does this not appear great enough, when I tell you that the highest good is an unyielding strength of mind, wisdom, magnanimity, sound judgment, freedom, harmony, beauty? Do you still ask me for something greater, of which these may be regarded as the attributes? Why do you talk of pleasures to me? I am seeking to find what is good for man, not for his belly; why, cattle and whales have larger ones than he.”


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]]>5f2828d7-490e-480d-b250-78b8bb1c69ccFri, 31 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060002:38falsefull229292Chapter 8: Of A Happy LifeChapter 8: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 8 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“A man should be unbiased and not to be conquered by external things”


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“A man should be unbiased and not to be conquered by external things”


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]]>28982bff-7a0e-439e-b966-454dcdc25c54Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060004:13falsefull228282Chapter 7: Of A Happy LifeChapter 7: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 7 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“The highest good is immortal: it knows no ending, and does not admit of either satiety or regret: for a right-thinking mind never alters or becomes hateful to itself, nor do the best things ever undergo any change”


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]]>Today, we read chapter 7 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“The highest good is immortal: it knows no ending, and does not admit of either satiety or regret: for a right-thinking mind never alters or becomes hateful to itself, nor do the best things ever undergo any change”


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]]>52486f48-9985-479c-9a00-61851e73eff6Wed, 29 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:12falsefull227272Chapter 6: Of A Happy LifeChapter 6: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 6 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever they may be, is satisfied and on friendly terms with the conditions of his life. That man is happy, whose reason recommends to him the whole posture of his affairs.”


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]]>Today, we read chapter 6 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever they may be, is satisfied and on friendly terms with the conditions of his life. That man is happy, whose reason recommends to him the whole posture of his affairs.”


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]]>7db6ef88-7021-484b-8f10-0e992a41ebbeTue, 28 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060001:56falsefull226262Chapter 5: Of A Happy LifeChapter 5: Of A Happy LifeI read books of philosophy that helped save me from the streets and hopelessness.  Listen with your heart, and not your head.

Today, we read chapter 5 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.


“For no one can be styled happy who is beyond the influence of truth: and consequently a happy life is unchangeable, and is founded upon a true and trustworthy discernment.”


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]]>I read books of philosophy that helped save me from the streets and hopelessness.  Listen with your heart, and not your head.

Today, we read chapter 5 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.


“For no one can be styled happy who is beyond the influence of truth: and consequently a happy life is unchangeable, and is founded upon a true and trustworthy discernment.”


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]]>258821ff-921f-4147-a35a-844122d91f09Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060002:14falsefull225252Chapter 4: Of A Happy LifeChapter 4: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 4 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“A man of these principles, whether he will or no, must be accompanied by a continual cheerfulness, a high happiness, which comes indeed from on high because he delights in what he has, and desires no greater pleasures than those which his home affords.”

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“A man of these principles, whether he will or no, must be accompanied by a continual cheerfulness, a high happiness, which comes indeed from on high because he delights in what he has, and desires no greater pleasures than those which his home affords.”

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]]>0838fc3f-8b17-4396-bfad-380ff9b6ed47Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:40falsefull224242Chapter 3: Of A Happy LifeChapter 3: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 3 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“...for all savageness is a sign of weakness.”


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“...for all savageness is a sign of weakness.”


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]]>bbc23fa7-6f0f-43f8-bfe1-37fc970920ccThu, 23 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060002:49falsefull223232Chapter 2: Of A Happy LifeChapter 2: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 2 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“By 'the vulgar' I mean both those who wear woollen cloaks and those who wear crowns; for I do not regard the colour of the clothes with which they are covered: I do not trust my eyes to tell me what a man is: I have a better and more trustworthy light by which I can distinguish what is true from what is false: let the mind find out what is good for the mind.”


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“By 'the vulgar' I mean both those who wear woollen cloaks and those who wear crowns; for I do not regard the colour of the clothes with which they are covered: I do not trust my eyes to tell me what a man is: I have a better and more trustworthy light by which I can distinguish what is true from what is false: let the mind find out what is good for the mind.”


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]]>d12791a0-a562-49f7-9b54-c9db4c23465bWed, 22 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:07falsefull222222Chapter 1: Of A Happy LifeChapter 1: Of A Happy LifeToday, we read chapter 1 of, Of A Happy Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Now nothing gets us into greater troubles than our subservience to common rumour, and our habit of thinking that those things are best which are most generally received as such, of taking many counterfeits for truly good things, and of living not by reason but by imitation of others.”


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“Now nothing gets us into greater troubles than our subservience to common rumour, and our habit of thinking that those things are best which are most generally received as such, of taking many counterfeits for truly good things, and of living not by reason but by imitation of others.”


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]]>6622661e-888d-4de7-88aa-71948e64b8abTue, 21 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:53falsefull221212Chapter 20, The Final Chapter: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 20, The Final Chapter: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 20, the final chapter, of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Some men even prepare for whatever lies after death – a necropolis of tombs, countless public dedications, blazing funeral pyres that can be seen from the stars and ostentatious funerals worthy of demi-gods. But in the end, their funerals were just like their lives – over in a short burst of flames.”


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“Some men even prepare for whatever lies after death – a necropolis of tombs, countless public dedications, blazing funeral pyres that can be seen from the stars and ostentatious funerals worthy of demi-gods. But in the end, their funerals were just like their lives – over in a short burst of flames.”


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]]>2968cad1-e5b8-47a9-af37-35e766bf871dFri, 17 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:18falsefull120201Chapter 19: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 19: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 19 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“People studying the liberal arts or whose lives are devoted to their careers, are never free to see life for what the truly long, blissful blessing that it is. ”


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“People studying the liberal arts or whose lives are devoted to their careers, are never free to see life for what the truly long, blissful blessing that it is. ”


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]]>491dfb09-a4ed-427a-abf3-3c5e06b64423Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060001:44falsefull119191Chapter 18: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 18: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 18 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Our...leader’s efforts to play the mad foreign King almost caused a famine, and what surely would have been the destruction of Rome, following the entire populace’s destruction.”


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“Our...leader’s efforts to play the mad foreign King almost caused a famine, and what surely would have been the destruction of Rome, following the entire populace’s destruction.”


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]]>ff0bcbb0-3ff1-405d-83ca-e16f3644d3fdWed, 15 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:13falsefull118181Chapter 17: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 17: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 17 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Why is...happiness tinged with fear? Because the superficial joy of men is not based on something real, but on something as troubled and fleeting as the life they were born into."


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“Why is...happiness tinged with fear? Because the superficial joy of men is not based on something real, but on something as troubled and fleeting as the life they were born into."


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]]>801b184b-d87e-4d1a-a8c8-d4363950b700Tue, 14 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:46falsefull117171Chapter 16: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 16: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 16 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

"This strange perception of the passage of time depending on one’s mood and company has provided material for the poets...They waste the day in anticipation of the night, then spend the night worrying about the coming dawn."


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"This strange perception of the passage of time depending on one’s mood and company has provided material for the poets...They waste the day in anticipation of the night, then spend the night worrying about the coming dawn."


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]]>71ec3e4b-d94e-40a6-b5f0-d03183435b58Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060002:11falsefull116161Chapter 15: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 15: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 15 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“These men will show you the way to immortality, and raise you to heights from which no man can be cast down. This is the only way to extend mortality – truly, by transforming time into immortality. Honors, statues and all other mighty monuments to man’s ambition carved in stone will crumble but the wisdom of the past is indestructible."


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“These men will show you the way to immortality, and raise you to heights from which no man can be cast down. This is the only way to extend mortality – truly, by transforming time into immortality. Honors, statues and all other mighty monuments to man’s ambition carved in stone will crumble but the wisdom of the past is indestructible."


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]]>83af7323-0859-42c0-a77d-80bb1a6c99afWed, 08 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060002:42falsefull115151Chapter 14: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 14: On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we read chapter 14 of On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

“Because of the efforts of our ancestors we have moved further from darkness into light. We are free to spend time in any era, to roam beyond the narrow confines of the mind, beyond the limits of human capability to explore the vast ocean of time stretched before us."


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“Because of the efforts of our ancestors we have moved further from darkness into light. We are free to spend time in any era, to roam beyond the narrow confines of the mind, beyond the limits of human capability to explore the vast ocean of time stretched before us."


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]]>520841b8-aa80-4fe1-b661-b1bd370f8c1cTue, 07 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:10falsefull114141Chapter 13 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 13 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>4d1b3427-e68e-4ea5-9654-5cd167812642Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060004:38falsefull113131Chapter 12 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 12 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>c1aaf618-8cdb-40e0-a69c-b82d901d1e28Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060004:48falsefull112121Chapter 11 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 11 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>0461f0a8-aabc-47ae-b06c-6ff3dfa84e30Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060001:54falsefull111111Chapter 10 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 10 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>97a1bebd-8479-49c6-a58f-207a1b0311c3Wed, 01 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -060003:58falsefull110101Chapter 9 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 9 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>6fd4c142-4428-410c-88d3-2a65680b182cTue, 30 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060003:07falsefull1991Chapter 8 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 8 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>5d8705c3-59fb-4291-a7b5-a2e0faf0639fMon, 29 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060003:06falsefull1881Chapter 7 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 7 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>577d6e85-9552-4031-ac31-bd08b0486152Fri, 26 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060005:28falsefull1771Chapter 6 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 6 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerToday, we continue reading On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the Younger.

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]]>574f2cba-143c-41c5-b867-3d12f1b11417Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060002:49falsefull1661Chapter 5 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 5 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerPlease help support us on Patreon..

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]]>4c5e668e-155b-4fb1-a18b-a67c15ea286aFri, 19 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060001:54falsefull1551Chapter 4 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 4 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerPlease help support us on Patreon..

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]]>28de5c3a-e4eb-467a-98f4-6b3754fa2151Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060003:47falsefull1441Chapter 3 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 3 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerPlease help support us on Patreon..

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]]>18c02b55-8e32-46db-9746-82a02b0ca327Wed, 17 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -060003:46falsefull1331Chapter 2 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 2 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerWe continue reading Seneca the Younger's, On the Shortness of Life.

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]]>ab337d46-b326-4ab9-a367-87893d69f219Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -060004:20falsefull1221Chapter 1 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerChapter 1 - On the Shortness of Life, by Seneca the YoungerWe begin by reading Seneca the Younger's, On the Shortness of Life.

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