This thinker is studied in chapters on “Serpents in the Soul” and “Public Life” near the end of Martha Nussbaum’s book The Therapy of Desire. This thinker illustrated his idea of the first, second, and third motions with a story in which Plato began to strike a slave but froze his arm in midair. This thinker was the primary non-Christian inspiration for De Constantia by Justus Lipsius. This thinker wrote to his mother that he was happy despite being (*) exiled to Corsica in one of three Consolations. This thinker wrote, “we are dying every day,” echoing themes from his dialogue On the Shortness of Life, in several letters to Lucilius Junior. This thinker gave advice on controlling the most dangerous emotion in his treatise On Anger. For 10 points, what Stoic philosopher and tragedian was forced to commit suicide by Nero? ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 30% | 130.30 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auroni Gupta | BHSU X | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 79 | -5 |
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | Halifax Shipping Services | 83 | -5 |
| Jordan Brownstein | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 107 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 107 | 10 |
| Emmett Laurie | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | It's not X, but... defenders | 122 | 10 |
| Kevin Peng | Please sir, may I have some morb? | The RAND Coöperation | 124 | -5 |
| Sky Li | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 128 | 10 |
| Alexander Nero | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 138 | 10 |
| Matt Lafer | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Big is moving to Evanston! | 138 | 10 |
| Dylan Minarik | The RAND Coöperation | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 140 | 10 |
| James Orefice | Enjoying the Hole Experience | BHSU X | 141 | 10 |
| Charles Young | Halifax Shipping Services | BHSU B | 141 | 10 |
| Kenji Shimizu | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | Do re mi fa serving negs | 141 | 10 |