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HoP 074 - Tony Long on the Self in Hellenistic Philosophy

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Seneca's Friendship With Other People

Epicureans place value on self mastery and autonomy. But stoics also want to say that it's important for us to have relationships with other people. Seneca is perhaps, of all the stoics who survive, the one who has the deepest and most interesting things to say about friendship. The true stoic life is a sociable life.

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