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Seneca, On The Happy Life - Pleasure, Virtue, And Happiness - Sadler's Lectures
Published 1 year, 5 months ago
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life
It focuses specifically on the distinction between pleasure and virtue as possible means to human happiness. Stoics think that virtue not only is the means to happiness, but is also one of the main components in human happiness.
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