Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 66

It discusses how two key Stoic ideas about virtue and goods come together. One of these is the paradoxical assertion that all goods are equal, and the other is that there are three kinds of goods. Seneca addresses this by arguing that virtue is the highest good which makes other things good, that virtue as such is always equal, never greater or lesser, and that the circumstances or matters in which virtue is exercised can vary, giving us different kinds of goods.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 65

It focuses specifically on his discussions of the types of causes understood from Stoic, Aristotelian, and Platonic perspectives. Seneca enumerates the four Aristotelian causes - material, efficient, formal, and final and adds to these the Platonic model or exemplar. From the Stoic perspective, none of these, except for the efficient cause - understood as the productive reason (ratio efficiens) or God - is really a cause.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 58

It discusses several important issues in metaphysics, spurred by considering 6 different types of things Plato is said to have considered to be beings or to have being. Seneca begins with some considerations about the Latin and Greek languages, about about the terms essentia, ousia, to on, and quod est, and then discusses what genera and species are, and how they are arranged in relation to each other. He then discusses the 6 types of being Plato is said to have distinguished, and why individual material things are not really beings - not only from a Platonic, but also a Stoic perspective.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's Letters, this one looking at Letter 33

It focuses specifically on his response to Lucilius, who is asking him for maxims, or what we would nowadays call quotes or sound bites - short and catchy passages from Stoic texts that could be memorized as summaries of the doctrine. Seneca views Stoicism as a systematic philosophy, unable to be summed up in maxims, and provides several reasons why - although maxims are suitable for children, and complete beginners - one needs to go beyond mere maxims.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Meno.

It focuses specifically on the distinction which Socrates makes there - as well as in other works - between Knowledge and Right Opinion

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Meno.

It focuses specifically on his discussion in the second half of the dialogue bearing on whether virtue can be taught - and if so, who actually does teach it.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Meno.

Through a close reading of the text, this lecture brings together a number of passages treating several common themes -- what makes good things good for us, our desires for good or bad things, and the knowledge or wisdom we possess.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Meno.

It focuses specifically on. the Platonic doctrine of recollection as discussed by Socrates in that dialogue.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Meno.

It focuses specifically on the famous conundrum called the Meno Paradox, which maintains that a person cannot seek to acquire knowledge of something they do not already know.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's dialogue, the Meno.

It focuses specifically on a metaphor used in the dialogue -- Socrates as a "stingray", saying that he is like an animal that stuns its prey, in this case stunning those who think they possess knowledge, and making them unable to use or demonstrate the knowledge they supposedly possess

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