Philosophy

Many of us can learn from Seneca. This was one of the Stoic school's major figures, but somehow, he never thought it strange to speak favorably about philosophers from rival schools--notably, Epictetus from the Epicurean school of thought. 

Seneca's approach was to "take what works from wherever you find it". A relevant quote from one of his letters to his friend Lucillius: "The thought for today is one which I discovered in Epicurus; for I am wont to cross over even into the enemy's camp—not as a deserter, but as a scout."

If you know how much Stoics and Epicureans disagreed on many things, then you know it would have been weird for a leader of the Stoic school to borrow Epicurean ideas. But ideas aren't people; you may not like the person, but that shouldn't influence your decision to accept the idea (esp. if it's valuable). 

It's a call to be open-minded and more tolerant of opposing viewpoints: we never know what we might learn. Don't take the limits of your vision for the limits of the world.

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really wish that would be a thing in politics