Donald Robertson

waiting to drink it he goes what am i gonna do with another half you know like so that was his supposedly his thinking was i'm ready like i've prepared myself for this i'd i'd just i'd feel like a coward and it would seem inconsistent of me and ridiculous if i was like yeah yeah you're right maybe i could leak out another hour or so before i have to drink it so i'm ready to drink it

I've been sitting here for a month getting ready to drink it.

I've been sitting here for a month getting ready to drink it.

I've been sitting here for a month getting ready to drink it.

Controversially, yeah. Seneca has always been a divisive and controversial figure. In some ways, he could be compared to Socrates. Socrates had a friend and possibly a lover called Alcibiades, who was one of the most influential statesmen.

Controversially, yeah. Seneca has always been a divisive and controversial figure. In some ways, he could be compared to Socrates. Socrates had a friend and possibly a lover called Alcibiades, who was one of the most influential statesmen.

Controversially, yeah. Seneca has always been a divisive and controversial figure. In some ways, he could be compared to Socrates. Socrates had a friend and possibly a lover called Alcibiades, who was one of the most influential statesmen.

He was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Athenian military at one point, the most senior statesman in Athens, almost like an emperor over what had evolved into an Athenian empire before. And he was like one of Socrates' best friends and closest associates.

He was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Athenian military at one point, the most senior statesman in Athens, almost like an emperor over what had evolved into an Athenian empire before. And he was like one of Socrates' best friends and closest associates.

He was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Athenian military at one point, the most senior statesman in Athens, almost like an emperor over what had evolved into an Athenian empire before. And he was like one of Socrates' best friends and closest associates.

So his relationship with Alcibiades, like trying to get him to be a better ruler and stuff, is a bit like Seneca and his relationship with Nero. But Seneca, I mean... Some people will find this controversial, but although we think of Seneca as a Stoic philosopher, he was famous primarily as an author, not as a philosophy teacher. He probably didn't teach that much philosophy to Nero.

So his relationship with Alcibiades, like trying to get him to be a better ruler and stuff, is a bit like Seneca and his relationship with Nero. But Seneca, I mean... Some people will find this controversial, but although we think of Seneca as a Stoic philosopher, he was famous primarily as an author, not as a philosophy teacher. He probably didn't teach that much philosophy to Nero.

So his relationship with Alcibiades, like trying to get him to be a better ruler and stuff, is a bit like Seneca and his relationship with Nero. But Seneca, I mean... Some people will find this controversial, but although we think of Seneca as a Stoic philosopher, he was famous primarily as an author, not as a philosophy teacher. He probably didn't teach that much philosophy to Nero.

He mainly trained him in rhetoric. So in some regards, Seneca was more like a Latin sophist than a philosopher. The sophists often quoted philosophy, They made speeches out of it and things, but they didn't attempt to live in accord with it in the way that the Stoics or Socrates did. So Seneca is somewhere in between. It may be that towards the end of his life, he embraced philosophy more fully.

He mainly trained him in rhetoric. So in some regards, Seneca was more like a Latin sophist than a philosopher. The sophists often quoted philosophy, They made speeches out of it and things, but they didn't attempt to live in accord with it in the way that the Stoics or Socrates did. So Seneca is somewhere in between. It may be that towards the end of his life, he embraced philosophy more fully.

He mainly trained him in rhetoric. So in some regards, Seneca was more like a Latin sophist than a philosopher. The sophists often quoted philosophy, They made speeches out of it and things, but they didn't attempt to live in accord with it in the way that the Stoics or Socrates did. So Seneca is somewhere in between. It may be that towards the end of his life, he embraced philosophy more fully.

I think earlier in his life, philosophy was more something he used to become a famous author. He became famous by writing consolation letters, using Stoicism to people that had been bereaved, that were wealthy, influential people.

I think earlier in his life, philosophy was more something he used to become a famous author. He became famous by writing consolation letters, using Stoicism to people that had been bereaved, that were wealthy, influential people.

I think earlier in his life, philosophy was more something he used to become a famous author. He became famous by writing consolation letters, using Stoicism to people that had been bereaved, that were wealthy, influential people.

figures he was like a self-help guru to the rich and famous and roman society and that's how he ended up becoming an advisor to nero so he was a figure that really was compromised by that in a number of ways he was nero's right hand man nero was like a despot a dictator um