Wow! What a great video! Thank you Dr. Sadler for sharing that with me. You are a very good speaker. I can see your frustration with the Stoic Paradox. I have a question for you. You mentioned an interesting point that Seneca made about not being able to have the right amount of anger, grief, fear, etc. I don't understand what he means by that. Where can I find more about this point?
This is a great talk......Question--Epictetus talked about his curriculum being about Happiness and Unhappiness, Slavery and Freedom, and Success and Failure...Does this align with his position of moral progress ? Secondly Admiral Stockdale talked about for the Stoic all talk refers to the inner life of man or is inner talk...Can you explain how this relates to virtue? Thank You for clarifying the Stoic Position on the Virtuous Person
Admiral Stockdale has a rather narrow conception of Stoic philosophy, and isn't someone you should be looking to for understanding classic Stoic teachings.
I have no idea what you mean by "align with his position of moral progress"
This article, as you know, is about an idea in Seneca.
Love Seneca's Letter on Various Aspects of Virtue---Clearly hilites how Virtue shines in the most darkest and brightest of Circumstances.....Easily my favorite Epistle of Seneca...Thanks for reviving this powerful lesson on Virtue
Wow! What a great video! Thank you Dr. Sadler for sharing that with me. You are a very good speaker. I can see your frustration with the Stoic Paradox. I have a question for you. You mentioned an interesting point that Seneca made about not being able to have the right amount of anger, grief, fear, etc. I don't understand what he means by that. Where can I find more about this point?
You could read Seneca's On Anger.
It's pretty straightforward what it means: No amount of a bad emotion is a good thing for a Stoic
I don't really have a frustration with the Stoic position on virtue and vice. I don't think it's plausible
Thank you sir
This is a great talk......Question--Epictetus talked about his curriculum being about Happiness and Unhappiness, Slavery and Freedom, and Success and Failure...Does this align with his position of moral progress ? Secondly Admiral Stockdale talked about for the Stoic all talk refers to the inner life of man or is inner talk...Can you explain how this relates to virtue? Thank You for clarifying the Stoic Position on the Virtuous Person
Admiral Stockdale has a rather narrow conception of Stoic philosophy, and isn't someone you should be looking to for understanding classic Stoic teachings.
I have no idea what you mean by "align with his position of moral progress"
This article, as you know, is about an idea in Seneca.
Thanks Greg,
I was talking about Epictetus because of that nice video you had inserted,
Thank You for clarifying the position of Admiral Stockdale in relation to his interpretation of Stoicism
Love Seneca's Letter on Various Aspects of Virtue---Clearly hilites how Virtue shines in the most darkest and brightest of Circumstances.....Easily my favorite Epistle of Seneca...Thanks for reviving this powerful lesson on Virtue