Plutarch, On Tranquility - Making Use Of Things And Circumstances - Sadler's Lectures

02/07/2025 13 min
Plutarch, On Tranquility - Making Use Of Things And Circumstances - 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 Tranquility

This episode focuses specifically on his examination of how we make use of or deal with (khēsthai, in Greek) things or matters (pragmata) abd the circumstances we find ourselves in. He uses an analogy which he says derives from Plato (which perhaps goes back to Socrates) of life as a game of dice. We first try to have a successful throw, and then, if we don't get the results we want, we need to make the best use out of the dice that come up.

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