In Letter 87 of Seneca's views on Liberal and Vocational Studies, Seneca states that he has no respect for any study that comes to the inevitable end of money making. He believes that Vocational studies do just that, liberal studies being necessary studies like the following; math, English, science, even band is just as bad because they teach you no moral values. In Letter 87 he repeatedly speaks on liberal studies not helping us gain anything as far as being based on the human character.Seneca views character qualities such as bravery and loyalty apart from human need. He gets his views across by using rhetorical questions such as when he asked, " What use is it to me to be able to divide a piece of land into equal areas if I'm unable to
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There are many drawbacks to his beliefs such as the fact that he thinks people are born evil, that's a public statement that can never be taken out of context, and that's what makes it the worst shortcoming of his argument. But also he thinks that when you are fully educated, you will have virtue and virtue/Morality allows you teach other. The opinion that he spat out is a double edged sword because, on one point, it would be a perfect thing to have virtue as a teacher but all teachers don't have virtue, and that makes his falsified. Hsun Tzu had his shortcomings the whole idea that as a human you have to work hard and study is a major merit because in the real way that the world worlds he is right. Without hard work and studying you will get nowhere in life. Seneca also leaned on liberal studies as a double edged sword because he says that you need liberal education but only if it helps you find the path towards real wisdom and he believed that Liberal studies such as math, science, etc. Could not help you become a morally right person. Seneca shortcomings on his opinion are that he says you need liberal education to get free but the freedom should be used to get wisdom but while it should be used to get wisdom, it shouldn't be used to get money. His argument is complicating which is his major shortcoming, but he has major merit that he wants all "free man" to be able to have wisdom and he understands that not all people are going to do the right thing but they should be able to try and maybe become morally
There are many drawbacks to his beliefs such as the fact that he thinks people are born evil, that's a public statement that can never be taken out of context, and that's what makes it the worst shortcoming of his argument. But also he thinks that when you are fully educated, you will have virtue and virtue/Morality allows you teach other. The opinion that he spat out is a double edged sword because, on one point, it would be a perfect thing to have virtue as a teacher but all teachers don't have virtue, and that makes his falsified. Hsun Tzu had his shortcomings the whole idea that as a human you have to work hard and study is a major merit because in the real way that the world worlds he is right. Without hard work and studying you will get nowhere in life. Seneca also leaned on liberal studies as a double edged sword because he says that you need liberal education but only if it helps you find the path towards real wisdom and he believed that Liberal studies such as math, science, etc. Could not help you become a morally right person. Seneca shortcomings on his opinion are that he says you need liberal education to get free but the freedom should be used to get wisdom but while it should be used to get wisdom, it shouldn't be used to get money. His argument is complicating which is his major shortcoming, but he has major merit that he wants all "free man" to be able to have wisdom and he understands that not all people are going to do the right thing but they should be able to try and maybe become morally