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Watch: Massimo Pigliucci on stoic philosophy — "It empowers you to look at things in a very very different way"

Salon Talks: Carrie Sheffield and Professor Massimo Pigliucci discuss this ancient train of thought

Published October 20, 2016 3:00PM (EDT)

Massimo Pigliucci discusses stoic philosophy, an ancient Greek Roman philosophy established over 2,300 years ago. "You can think of it as the western equivalent of Buddhism," Pigliucci states, "it's an approach to life" and a tool to "navigate stressful situations and how you find meaning in the things that you do."

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