Seneca, Letter 87 - The Simple Life - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 87 It focuses specifically on the Stoic perspective on wealth (including property and possessions), which is that it is not actually a good, but rather just a preferred indifferent. He examines a number of Stoic and other syllogisms aimed at arguing that wealth is not a good, and provides further explanations of them. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 1500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Seneca's Letters - https://amzn.to/2Myx6os