Night after night,
I came to you in prayer,
Begging that you might give unto me
A poem, or an insight, or a wise whisper.
Night after night,
You guided me,
And you gave me what I asked for,
Even though I knew
“But how,” you ask, “does one attain that goal?” You do not need to cross the Pennine or Graian hills, or traverse the Candavian waste, or face the Syrtes, or Scylla, or Charybdis, although you have travelled through all these places for the bribe of a petty governorship; the journey
Even Epicurus, the teacher of pleasure, used to observe stated intervals, during which he satisfied his hunger in niggardly fashion; he wished to see whether he thereby fell short of full and complete happiness, and, if so, by what amount he fell short, and whether this amount was worth purchasing
Judith Stove & Simon Drew discuss Seneca’s letter On the God Within Us.
Scott F. Aikin is an American philosopher and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he also holds a joint appointment in Classics.
Kai Whiting talks with members of The Walled Garden Philosophical Society about God and the Environment.
Scott F. Aikin is an American philosopher and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he also holds a joint appointment in Classics.
Kai demonstrates the type of debate and introspection he will be bringing to the community and the different beliefs we hold, and how this can assist us to better aim ourselves toward virtue.
How should we conceptualise the Stoic God? Is a Stoic God still relevant today?