On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties
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Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The final volume of Seneca's moral letters. Common Stoic themes emerge again and again: the unreliability of fortune, the ability to form Stoic resolve, and the importance of virtue.
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The Peripatetics believe that there is no distinction between wisdom and being wise, since either of these implies the other also.
Now do you suppose that any man can be wise except one who possesses wisdom?
Or that anyone who is wise does not possess wisdom?
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties
Location: Chapter 117, Section 11
Content:
11.
The Peripatetics believe that there is no distinction between wisdom and being wise, since either of these implies the other also.
Now do you suppose that any man can be wise except one who possesses wisdom?
Or that anyone who is wise does not possess wisdom?