Plutarch, On Being A Busybody - Curiosity As A Vicious Disposition - Sadler's Lectures

24/06/2025 15 min
Plutarch, On Being A Busybody - Curiosity As A Vicious Disposition - Sadler's Lectures

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Episode Synopsis

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient Middle Platonist philosopher and biographer Plutarch's essay On Being A Busybody

This episode focuses specifically on why the sort of curiosity, inquisitiveness, meddlesomeness, or being a busybody he discusses is actually a vicious disposition, rather than something good. It involves a desire to learn about the troubles, problems, or bad things (kaka in Greek) of others. Instead of focusing upon their own problems or deficits, they focus on those of others.

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