Seneca -- Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales II

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SENECA, Lucius Annaeus, born at
Corduba (Cordova) c.$ or 4 B.C., of a
noble and wealthy family, after an ailing
childhoodandyouth at Rome in an aunt's
care, wasavictimoflife-longneurosisbut
became famous in rhetoric, phibsophy,
money-making, and imperial service.
AftersomedisgraceduringClaudius' reign
he became tutor and then, in A.D.^4,
advisingminister to Nero, some ofwhose
worst misdeeds he did not prevent. In-
volved (innocently?) in a conspiracy, he
killedhimselfbyorderina.d.65.Wealthy,
he preached indifference to wealth;
evader of pain and death,' he preached
scorn of both; and there were other
contrasts between practice and principle.
Wicked himselfhe was not. Ofhis works
we have 10 mis-called 'Dialogi', seven
being philosophical - on providence,
steadfastness, happy life, anger, leisure,
calmness of mind, shortness of life; 3
other treatises (on money, benefits, and
natural phenomena); 124 'Epistulae
morales' all addressed to one person; a
skit on the official deification ofClaudius
and 9 rhetorical tragedies (notforacting)
onancientGreekthemes.Many'Epistulae'
and all his speeches are lost. Much ofhis
thoughtis cleverratherthandeep, andhis
style is pointed rather than ample.
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SENECA
IN TEN VOLUMES
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AD LUCILIUM
EPISTULAE MORALES
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
RICHARD M. GUMMERE, Ph.D.
HEADMASTER,WILLIAMPENNCHARTERSCHOOL,PHILADELPHIA
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME
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LXVI. ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF VIRTUE 2
LXVII. ON ILL-HEALTH AND ENDURANCE OF
SUFFERING 34
LXVIII. ON WISDOM AND RETIREMENT 44
LXIX. ON REST AND RESTLESSNESS . 52
LXX. ON THE PROPER TIME TO SLIP THE CABLE 56
LXXI. ON THE SUPREME GOOD 72
LXXII. ONBUSINESSASTHEENEMYOF PHILOSOPHY .06
LXXIII. ON PHILOSOPHERS AND KINGS 104
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LXXIV. ON VIRTUE AS A REFUGE FROM WORLDLY
DISTRACTIONS 112
LXXV. ON THE DISEASES OF THE SOUL 136
LXXVI. ON LEARNING WISDOM IN OLD AGE . 146
LXXVII. ON TAKING ONe's OWN LIFE . 168
LXXVIII. ON THE HEALING POWER OF THE MIND 180
LXXIX. ONTHE REWARDSOF SCIENTIFICDISCOVERY 200
LXXX. ON WORLDLY DECEPTIONS 212
LXXXI. ON BENEFITS 218
LXXXII. ON THE NATURAL FEAR OF DEATH 240
LXXXIII. ON DRUNKENNESS 258
LXXXIV. ON GATHERING IDEAS . 276
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LXXXV. ON SOME VAIN SYLLOGISMS 284
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LXXXVI. ON SCIPIO'S VILLA... .. .. ..310
LXXXVII. SOME ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF THE
SIMPLE LIFE 322
LXXXVI1I. ON LIBERAL AND VOCATIONAL STUDIES 348
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LXXXIX. ON THE PARTS OF PHILOSOPHY 376
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XC. ON THE PART PLAYED BY PHILOSOPHY IN
THE PROGRESS OF MAN 394
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XCI. ON THE LESSON TO BE DRAWN FROM THE
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BURNING OF LYONS 430
XCII. ON TH.E HA.PPY .LIFE.... 446
APPENDIX ..... 472
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES 474