Seneca - On Anger

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 1

It focuses specifically on the definitions of anger he considers at the beginning of the work.  These include:
Anger is a brief madness (some "wise people")
Anger is the desire to take vengeance for a wrong
Anger is the desire to punish the person by whom you reckon you were unjustly harmed (Posidonius)
Anger is the arousal of the mind to harm the person who has either harmed oneself or wished to do so
Anger is the desire to return pain for pain (Aristotle)

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Seneca, On Anger Book 1 - Definitions Of Anger - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 1

It focuses specifically on the question whether anger is or is not "in accordance with nature" (secundum naturum), which Seneca here interprets in a common Stoic way, as in accordance with a fully developed human nature.

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Seneca, On Anger Book 1 - Is Anger In Accordance With Nature? - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 1

It focuses specifically on his criticisms of the argument made in ancient times (and in our own) that anger can be a useful ally for virtue or reason, providing us with needed energy or resolve.

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Seneca, On Anger Book 1 - Is Anger A Useful Ally? - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 1

It focuses specifically on the issue of how the emotion of anger and reason or rationality are related to each other. Seneca, as a Stoic, thinks that when the human mind is affected by anger, that keeps it from being rational, and he notes a number of differences between what anger does and what reason does.

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Seneca, On Anger Book 1 - Anger And Reason - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 1

It focuses specifically on his criticisms of the often-made claim that anger is needed in order to defend other people close to one, including parents, children, spouses, friends, and neighbors

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Seneca, On Anger Book 1 - Anger And Defending Others - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca's work, On Anger, book 2

It focuses specifically on his discussion of famous people who manage their anger badly, providing us with examples of how not to behave. These include Persian kings like Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes, Greeks such as Alexander of Macedon, and Romans like Sulla and Caligula

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Seneca, On Anger Book 3 - Examples Of Anger To Avoid - Sadler's Lectures

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