Stoic Meditations

136. Go hug a philosopher, will you?

Jun 19, 2018 · 2 min · Season 2 · Episode 136 · 2.5 MB
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Epictetus defends the apparently strange notion that philosophy, like mathematics (or science, or lots of other things) is a profession, requiring expertise. He is not being elitist, he's just being reasonable.