Puglucci: It's funny that this is called on the happy life. Because immediately I'm like, well, the stoics care that much about being happy. So maybe as you say, it's kind of a different flavor or at least an attempt to focus on a different aspect of what it means to be stoic. Marcus Aurelius had 14 kids and only like six of them survived.
David and Tamler dive into Seneca’s “On the Happy Life” and stoicism, the topic selected by our beloved patreon supporters. Why is stoicism so popular today? What does Seneca actually think about Epicureanism? Can Seneca's philosophy be reconciled with his life as a wealthy Roman aristocrat? Are stoics too cold and detached or is that an unfair caricature? And why can’t David and Tamler fully embrace this undeniably wise approach to life?
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