Seneca, On The Shortness Of Life - Pleasures, Leisure, And Work - Sadler's Lectures

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On The Shortness of Life It focuses specifically on his discussions throughout that work of people who misuse the leisure and free time they possess by pursuing pleasures that require a lot of time and work to procure, enjoy, or safeguard. Seneca tells us that: "They are not unoccupied whose pleasures are made a busy occupation." 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 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Seneca's On Shortness of Life - https://amzn.to/436fE1E

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