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A MEDITATION

“ Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

— Seneca

Letters 27.2

On control

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A reflection

Have the drink, take the trip, say yes to the dinner — but don't mortgage next week to pay for tonight. The Stoic version of pleasure is clear-eyed: enjoy, then stop, without borrowing from your future self.

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