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Seneca, On The Happy Life - Virtue As Its Own Reward - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on his claim that "virtue is its own reward". The Stoics (among others) ma…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Uphill And Downhill Virtues - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on his discussion about different kinds of virtues, using an analogy to go…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Responses To Critics - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on the responses to criticisms people tend to make against philosophers, m…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Virtue And Wealth - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on the relations between virtue and wealth, understood from a Stoic perspe…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Epicureanism vs Other Hedonisms - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on his qualified defense of Epicurus' version of hedonism, which he views …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Joy, Tranquility, And Happiness - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on the joy, tranquility, and happiness that, in his view, result from purs…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Ursula K Leguin, The Other Wind - Alder the Mender and His Dreams - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, The Other Wind, the sixth and final of her Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the dreams that Alder, a v…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Pleasure, Virtue, And Happiness - Sadler's Lectures
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 …
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Ursula K Leguin, The Other Wind - Roke's Masters and Alder's Dreams - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's book, The Other Wind, the sixth and final of her Earthsea books It focuses specifically on the views and speculations…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Seneca, On The Happy Life - Errors Of The Many - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Happy Life It focuses specifically on the mistaken views the many or the crowd have about the nature of human…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago