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Roman Plow, Sovereign Tree: Seneca and Zhuangzi

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Can Stoicism answer our dilemma? Is the suffering child a product of a world that demands every second and every soul be “useful”  to the state? By comparing the “Roman Plow” of duty to the “Sovereign Tree” of uselessness, we ask if our participation in the “Achievement Society” is actually what pays for global injustice […]

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Roman Plow, Sovereign Tree: Seneca and Zhuangzi

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