Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Again, the main point you same to be repeatedly making is that we shouldn’t consider these ideas…

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Again, the main point you same to be repeatedly making is that we shouldn’t consider these ideas worthy of consideration because of the reputedly bad character of the person, Jefferson, stating them. That’s the ad hominem fallacy. You simply cannot conclude rationally from the fact that someone had a bad character that the ideas they espoused, or shared…

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