184. We should study broadly in order to increase understanding

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Seneca tells Lucilius that he welcomes knowledge from all fields, not just philosophy. That's why he wrote books on natural questions, including on the nature of comets, earthquakes, thunderstorms, and the causes of the flooding of the Nile.

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