Doing the (Intellectual) Work | Episode XXVIII
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Don't Read Too Many Books
Don't read too many books. He says that the ind is dulled, not fed, by inordinate reading. Books are some of the most instrumental tools for the intellectual life. And i think tat there's at least one important difference, because seneca isn't really interested in productiont he's giving his advice to his nephew or his sno and has entered his imagined audience. This is how you 're going to live a good life. It is introductory. But then you can also think of this as, this is what you need in order to be prepared, to be prepared to start the work. Yes. The preparation of the preparation. Now we're getting into the
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