Seneca · Philosophy

On the Happy Life

Seneca’s answer to the question all ancient philosophy asks - what is the happy life? - and his Stoic insistence that it is found in virtue, not in pleasure.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Seneca’s claim that happiness is found in virtue, with pleasure as at most a byproduct. Epicurus made pleasure itself the goal - though a far subtler pleasure than the word suggests. State how Epicurus’s answer differs from Seneca’s.

Leads to Epicurus.

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