How Stories Teach Us The Truth | Reduce Wants, Increase Happiness

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 8 a.m.

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\\u201cThey seem silly. Aesop tells us stories about dogs and mice and foxes and lions. Children love them of course. Isn\\u2019t that proof that they\\u2019re childish?\\u201d

Ryan explains why all stories are windows into the truth, and reads this week\\u2019s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal, on today\\u2019s Daily Stoic Podcast.

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