Healthy Pessimism Can Lead to Personal Freedom

Healthy Pessimism Can Lead to Personal Freedom
Being prepared for the worst can help you better appreciate what you have. Rido/Shutterstock
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We all want to be happy, but we’re not terribly good at it. As a result, for centuries philosophers have wrestled with how to attain happiness. Few, though, have offered as novel an answer as Marcus Aurelius, one of Rome’s greatest emperors.

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