Dr. Sadler, I have searched your channel trying to find any references to Deleuze and so far couldn't find any. Would you consider doing a series on the intersection between cinema and philosophy? Maybe it's not really within your scope of interests? Your channel is amazing. Thank you very much for all your hard work.
In Seneca the impression I get from him is a sort of repetitive "attacking of the problem". Where the objectives or subject matter remains the same fundamentally - how to curb the appetites, how to live well generally, etc - but you're constantly trying thinking about it in different ways, gather helpful thoughts and insights, learn new things and remember old ones, and such. Like in Letter 62 where Seneca says: _""wherever I am situated, I carry on my own meditations and ponder in my mind some wholesome thought""_
@@GregoryBSadler Yes, or more to the point, there appear to be some subjects which are never far from his mind. As in letter 65 concerning Plato and Aristotle: _"What pleasure do you get from wasting your time on these problems, which relieve you of none of your emotions, rout none of your desires?"_ I think this is part of the spiritual exercises because it represents a lifestyle or worldview where everything has to relate back to certain fundamental concerns. I.e., the stoic tenets. These take precedence and require constant attention.
@@GregoryBSadler Yes but he starts the letter discussing those metaphysical questions presented, and somehow turns to discussing when it is appropriate to off oneself. So, for me it is typical Seneca lol (Although I have only read a small part of this works..).
Indeed, how can one be a master painter and pianist or even a top computer programmer if they do not study it. That is mastery whereas the living in harmony with nature is the excellence or the art of living. What you provided is exactly what Stoicism is, being aware of everything so to live unperturbed.
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Dr. Sadler, I have searched your channel trying to find any references to Deleuze and so far couldn't find any. Would you consider doing a series on the intersection between cinema and philosophy? Maybe it's not really within your scope of interests? Your channel is amazing. Thank you very much for all your hard work.
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Delighted as usual. Could you direct me to some resources for a better comprehension of Empiricism? Thank you.
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In Seneca the impression I get from him is a sort of repetitive "attacking of the problem". Where the objectives or subject matter remains the same fundamentally - how to curb the appetites, how to live well generally, etc - but you're constantly trying thinking about it in different ways, gather helpful thoughts and insights, learn new things and remember old ones, and such.
Like in Letter 62 where Seneca says:
_""wherever I am situated, I carry on my own meditations and ponder in my mind some wholesome thought""_
Well those are among the many topics Seneca approaches multiple times, yes
@@GregoryBSadler Yes, or more to the point, there appear to be some subjects which are never far from his mind. As in letter 65 concerning Plato and Aristotle:
_"What pleasure do you get from wasting your time on these problems, which relieve you of none of your emotions, rout none of your desires?"_
I think this is part of the spiritual exercises because it represents a lifestyle or worldview where everything has to relate back to certain fundamental concerns. I.e., the stoic tenets. These take precedence and require constant attention.
@@thegreatkuzumi5502 and yet he spends plenty of time discussing metaphysics in that letter and other works
@@GregoryBSadler Yes but he starts the letter discussing those metaphysical questions presented, and somehow turns to discussing when it is appropriate to off oneself. So, for me it is typical Seneca lol (Although I have only read a small part of this works..).
@@thegreatkuzumi5502 The bulk of that letter is those metaphysical topics.
Indeed, how can one be a master painter and pianist or even a top computer programmer if they do not study it. That is mastery whereas the living in harmony with nature is the excellence or the art of living. What you provided is exactly what Stoicism is, being aware of everything so to live unperturbed.
There's way more to Stoicism than that, though