Seneca & the Stoics on the interconnectedness of the parts of philosophy

Last time, we saw Ilsetraut Hadot situating the Stoic conception of virtue between a Socratic “intellectualist” position — which would suggest that knowledge is sufficient (enough) for virtue and behavioral change; and an Aristotelian perspective — which would suggest that habituation, bringing the nonrational human drives to the heel of practical deliberation, is the primary contributor to the virtues.

Hadot summarizes her position here as follows (remembering all translations of her Sénèque in this blog…