Socrates, at least as Plato describes him, has this idea that pleasure in and of itself, it's not something that you should banish from your life. It's the being a slave to it that I think is the real problem. Our lives are kind of dealing with how we can both incorporate that into our lives without becoming too dependent on it. And I could use to be more stoic when it comes to that.
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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