Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his discussion of familial affection (philostorgia in Greek), one of the affective states that Stoics ought to feel and cultivate in his view.

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This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his discussions about knowing the prices or values of things. This is important in order to determine what priority to give to different things, what to sacrifice if needed, and what to preserve.

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This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his discussion of the rational faculty, which is also the same as the "ruling faculty" of the human being (as well as the faculty of choice). In this discussion, taken from one of my classroom lectures, we discuss what Epictetus means by the rational faculty, how it is self-referential, and why it is so fundamentally important in Stoic philosophy.

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This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his famous "dichotomy of control", i.e. the distinction between what is in, and what is not in our power or control, and what is. In this discussion, taken from one of my classroom lectures, we discuss examples of which things he considers to be in our control, which he thinks are not, and why. We also discuss how getting this distinction wrong impacts a person.

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This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his concept of the "faculty of choice" (prohairesis) - also translated as "moral purpose" or as the faculty of "will". This concept is absolutely central to Epictetus' Stoic moral theory and psychology, not least because one criterion for moral development and evaluation is keeping one's faculty of choice "in accordance with nature".

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This lecture discusses the Stoic philosopher Epictetus' work, the Discourses, and focuses on his discussion about the beginnings of philosophy. By contrast to other ancient philosophers, Epictetus takes the inception of philosophy to reside in the experience of conflict between human beings and their ideas about what is good, reasonable, and true. Philosophy attempts to provide some way of determining who has matters right.

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This lecture discusses Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, Stoic Paradoxes, and focuses on the sixth paradox, namely that only the wise are rich. In the course of this discussion, Cicero points out reasons why possession of wealth or property does not amount to being rich. Those who pursue, value, or possess money are not made genuinely happy by it, and are often made fearful or miserable.

Editing on this track was provided by Matthew Sadler.

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This lecture discusses Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, Stoic Paradoxes, and focuses on the fifth paradox, namely that only the wise person is truly free. This involves some clarification of what "freedom" really means, and what "slavery" means in a Stoic context.

Editing on this track was provided by Matthew Sadler.

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This lecture discusses Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, Stoic Paradoxes, and focuses on the third paradox, namely that all genuinely good things or actions are equally good, and all genuinely bad things are equally bad.

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This lecture discusses Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, Stoic Paradoxes, and focuses on the second paradox, namely that virtue or moral rectitude is not only necessary but also sufficient for human happiness. He discusses why most people do not view matters this way, and what the mistakes or problems with their views about the good and happiness are.

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