One achieves virtue when one pursuit a wisdom. Seneca illustrates through the use of several key examples. Seneca states that there is only one liberal study – that which gives a man his liberty. According to Seneca, wisdom is an ability to think for ourselves. And that is, what education going to give us. He is saying that wisdom is something higher, something that takes courage to think differently, and most importantly – something in the spirit of God. Also, in order to receive a virtue, we have to remove useless things. Seneca says, “Virtue will not surrender herself to these narrow bounds of ours; a great subject needs wide space in which to move.” We are wasting time because of learning superfluous things instead of the important ones