

Plutarch, On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue - Past And Present Emotions - Sadler's Lectures
Jul 24, 2025
15:42
This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Awareness Of Progress In Virtue
This episode focuses specifically on his discussion of the emotions that a person feels, which they can use as an index for determining whether they are indeed making progress. Plutarch suggests that we ought to look at our past emotional responses and compare them to present emotional responses, and that we ought to do so in two manners, examining them in themselves or in relation to others
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