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How much do you know about Seneca?Seneca's relationship with wealth came under criticism. How does that tension fit with your philosophy?
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Stoicism denies the existence of social duties
Stoicism prohibits any public office
Stoicism requires absolute poverty under penalty of heresy
Stoicism considers external goods "indifferent", valuable only if they do not dominate virtueCorrect
For a Stoic, wealth is not good; It may be preferable, but it should not compromise moral integrity.