📜 Seneca | Free Course
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Free Course by Everything IFS Academy | Stoicism Series
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📜Welcome to the Seneca Course for Everyday People
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, known simply as Seneca, was a Roman statesman, playwright, and Stoic philosopher, born in Spain around 4 BC and dead by the emperor Nero's order in AD 65. His was an extraordinary life: he advised an emperor at the height of Roman power, survived years of exile, grew into one of the richest men in Rome, and met one of the most famous deaths in history with remarkable calm. Through all of it he was chasing a single question, the one this course is built around: whether philosophy can actually help a person live well and stay steady inside a real life of pressure, loss, and things outside their control, rather than only in the quiet of a study.
This course teaches Seneca on his own terms, pure to himself and his Stoic school, with no other thinkers or modern methods mixed in. It is written in plain, down-to-earth language that anyone can follow, whether you have read the Stoics for years or this is the very first time you have looked into any of it. It is not a dry academic course, and it is not motivational hype. It is Seneca's actual ideas, taught clearly and in real depth, so that you can genuinely understand them and carry them into the way you see your own life. Each lesson gives you honest teaching, real examples from everyday life, and a fair account of both Seneca's brilliance and his very real contradictions.
This course is self-paced, with no tests, exams, or homework. Feel free to go through it in order, or jump around to whatever interests you most.
Course outline
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Orientation
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