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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.