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Seneca on dealing with pain and suffering
Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) made some worthy recommendations about how deal with pain and suffering. Unfortunately, he also dispensed plenty of irrational, harmful advice. It’s […]
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Seneca’s recipe for achieving a balanced life
Cooking recipes are hard to carry out perfectly the first time if the process is too complex. Even if the recipe is described in great […]
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Seneca on achieving a balanced life
When people advise me to embrace a balanced lifestyle, I’m always interested in hearing the details. What do they mean by “balanced”? Do they mean […]
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Perspectives on Seneca’s advice to live simply
I find it surprising that so many people equate living simply with living in poverty. They regard deprivation and discomfort as the prerequisites of simplicity. […]
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Practicability of Seneca’s advice to live simply
Despite being himself wealthy, Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) wrote extensively about the advantages of living simply. He came up with dozens of examples that support […]
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Seneca on living simply
Historians seldom remark that exoticism or strangeness add value to the advice of ancient philosophers. I mean exoticism and strangeness in the sense of “Vervremdung,” […]
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Productiveness and Seneca’s advice to live in accordance with nature
The ancient Roman Republican values can be illustrated by individuals like Cincinnatus or Scipio Africanus. Their actions embody valour, equanimity, and above all, productiveness. Cincinnatus […]
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Realism of Seneca’s advice to live in accordance with nature
It’s hypocritical to recommend poverty when one is wealthy, or to recommend passivity when one has displayed remarkable industriousness for decades. Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) […]
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Feasibility of Seneca’s advice to live in accordance with nature
Like most antique philosophers, Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) used grandiloquent terms to spice up his writings. For instance, he employed the words “cosmos” and “natural […]
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Seneca on living in accordance with nature
View Post↗ When taken out of context, philosophical statements prove misleading; when poorly defined, they become dangerous; and the more frequently they are repeated, the […]
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