On Duties deals with a very large number of topics. One of the most important unifying threads of the book is the idea of “greatness of soul.” What is it? Why is it relevant?
Note: The second passage I discuss is On Duties I.44 (I accidentally gave the incorrect citation number in the podcast).
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Thank you for this, QC.
3 A.M. here, and I think I just needed to set my moral compass back to North; This podcast, your calm narration and the precise words you use during the elaboration of concepts are fantastic.
Brb becoming a man of substance.
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Thanks for the comment, MB. Hope it helps…
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Great stuff, as always. I’ve returned to this one for a second listen.
I’ve always thought life was a journey of self-improvement in every area, but reading ‘On Duties’ forces me to ask harder questions about myself: do I possess a great soul? Am I a virtuous man? Taking a hard look at myself, what are my failings?
Thanks for the feast of thought.
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The very fact that you ask yourself if you are a great man, and the fact that you struggle with self-improvement, show that you ARE a great man, Bosch.
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Nah, mate. That passage you quote about knowledge for its own sake really hits home for me. I’m guilty of a kind of observational detachment from the world a lot of the time.
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“I can just feel the dickishness radiating.” Great. That one is going directly into use.
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Yeah, I had to say that. Some people just can’t conceal it….
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