Dying Every Day

Dying Every Day

📮 The Most Important Thing

Letters to a Young Seeker (Vol. 19)

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J.W. Bertolotti
Nov 30, 2023
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Stag at Sharkey’s by George Bellows (1909)

Dear Fellow Traveler,

The term “the highest good” appears across wisdom traditions. The Epicureans called “pleasure” the highest good. The Stoics believed that “virtue” was the highest good. Aristotle called happiness (or living well) the highest good.

What is the highest good in your life?

Do your actions align accordingly with your highest good?

There is wisdom in clarity. Only when we know what is truly most important can we orient ourselves toward the highest good.

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