4.
The question is: do such men teach virtue, or not?
If they do not teach it, then neither do they transmit it.
If they do teach it, they are philosophers.
Would you like to know how it happens that they have not taken the chair for the purpose of teaching virtue?
See how unlike their subjects are; and yet their subjects would resemble each other if they taught the same thing.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On liberal and vocational studies
Location: Chapter 88, Section 4
Content:
4.
The question is: do such men teach virtue, or not?
If they do not teach it, then neither do they transmit it.
If they do teach it, they are philosophers.
Would you like to know how it happens that they have not taken the chair for the purpose of teaching virtue?
See how unlike their subjects are; and yet their subjects would resemble each other if they taught the same thing.