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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 1 It focuses specifically on on whether the emotion of anger is a sign or effect of the virtue of great-spiritedness or magnanimity, which Stoics consider to be one of the sub-virtues of courage To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.c ... Show More
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