Is Virtue Sufficient for a Good Life?

“Virtue is that perfect good which is the complement of a happy life…” — Seneca

Matthew David
Embodying Philosophy
7 min readJan 26

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The Stoics posit that virtue is sufficient for a good life, and that all other things are indifferent — though they are split into preferred and non-preferred indifferents, such as housing (which is preferred) or homelessness (which is non-preferred). A Stoic that is…

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Matthew David
Embodying Philosophy

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