Your values are not universal

"Some men can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with"

Why did Seneca say in his letters, now published as Letters From a Stoic,

“Keep clear then, of the sort of quibbles and qualifications I’ve been mentioning in philosophers. Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.”

It’s a phenomenon you are likely familiar with. Very “smart” people, well-credentialed and highly educated individual…