Cynic Epistles Attributed to Crates - Cynicism, Virtue, And Happiness - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient letter collection called the Cynic Epistles. This one looks at those letters (most likely falsely) attributed to Crates, the third scholarch of the Cynic school. Specifically it focuses on the nature of human happiness (eudaimonia), which for the Cynics involves freedom and virtue. Crates discusses or references a number of the virtues, including wisdom, justice, temperance, and courage, as well as vices opposed to these. He also briefly examines how these virtues are developed through toil (ponos), self-control and endurance, as well as how the vices develop, in significant part through bad decision-making and pursuit of pleasures To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase the Cynic Epistles - https://amzn.to/42qi3nF