Podcasts Culture Stoic Coffee Break 158 - How To Be Alone

158 - How To Be Alone

Published: Dec. 9, 2018, 8:23 p.m.

b'\\u201cIt is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.\\u201d \\n\\n\\u2015 Marcus Aurelius\\n\\nHumans are very social creatures. It is our ability to be social and to cooperate in large numbers that has enabled us to create such amazing societies. We usually feel most at home when we\\u2019re with others, but there are times when we find ourselves alone. Most of us find it rather uncomfortable. How do we learn to be alone?'