Tag: living in accordance with nature
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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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