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    309. Moderate insanity is not a good thing

    309. Moderate insanity is not a good thing

    FromStoic Meditations

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    309. Moderate insanity is not a good thing

    FromStoic Meditations

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    3 minutes
    Released:
    Feb 25, 2019
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    Seneca directly takes on the Peripatetics, followers of Aristotle, and criticizes their notion that virtue always lies in the middle. Some things, like insanity, or anger, are not good even in small quantities.

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    Released:
    Feb 25, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support