20: Good Stoics seek friends, but are prepared to stay on the path even without them.
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In Letter 9 of Letters from a Stoic, Seneca talks at length about how Stoics should view friendship. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecheerfulstoic/message
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