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I don’t see how that follows. The point is precisely that virtue / vice are, for the Stoics, not in the same category as pleasure / pain. That is, they are not directly comparable, and therefore not interchangeable.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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