Philosophy · 19 min
Life Is Hard
By Kieran Setiya
This episode explores how acknowledging life's unavoidable difficulties, rather than resisting them, can unlock deeper meaning and resilience.
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Philosophy
Duration
19 min
What it is about
Meaning, Suffering, Resilience, Philosophy
Who it is for
If you've ever felt guilty for struggling, or believed that a truly good life means the absence of pain, this will feel familiar a profound reorientation.
The author
Kieran Setiya, a philosopher at MIT, brings a rare blend of intellectual rigor and compassionate insight to the universal experience of suffering, offering a framework for understanding hardship not as a flaw, but as a fundamental aspect of being human.
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