Letters of a Stoic

Seneca to Lucilius: 87, in favor of the simple life

Why so many things that people think are good are, in fact, no such thing

Philosophy as a Way of Life
6 min readSep 7, 2022
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[previous entries in this series can be found here]

I’m sure you noticed that we live in a capitalistic, and therefore hyper-consumerist society. The logic of capitalism…

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Philosophy as a Way of Life

by Massimo Pigliucci. Practical philosophy, science, pseudoscience & good reasoning. Complete index of articles at https://massimopigliucci.org/essays/