The Importance of Charity

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Kapton: We're visiting another of Seneca's letters. This one is letter number five and is titled the philosopher's mean mean to mean something like average or balance or middle way. In the mailbag episode, which you will hear on Friday, we answered a question about C.S. Lewis. If we're not giving away all of our wealth, then we're not doing quote unquote enough says Kapton.

Seneca's 5th letter is about the balance between poverty and opulence, for the good of those we teach. The Philosopher's Mean.

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