L075 - Seneca -- Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales I: Letters 1-65

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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 inanaunt's
care, wasavictimoflife-longneurosisbut
became famous in rhetoric, philosophy,
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.6s.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 deificationofClaudius;
and 9 rhetorical tragedies (not foracting)
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 LUOILIUM
EPISTULAE MORALES
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
RICHARD M. GUMMERE, Ph.D.
HEADJCASTER,WILLIAMPENNCHARTERSCHOOL,PHILADELPHIA
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME
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INTRODUCTION vii
LETTERS
ON SAVING TIME 2
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II. ON DISCURSIVENESS IN READING . 6
III. ON TRUE AND FALSE FRIENDSHIP 8
IV. ON THE TERRORS OF DEATH 12
V. ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S MEAN 20
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VI. ON SHARING KNOWLEDGE . 24
VII. ON CROWDS 28
VIII. ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S SECLUSION 36
IX. ON PHILOSOPHY AND FRIENDSHIP 42
X. ON LIVING TO ONESELF 56
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XL ON THE BLUSH OF MODESTY 60
XII. ON OLD AGE 64
XIII. ON GROUNDLESS FEARS 72
XIV. ON THE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWING
THE WORLD 84
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XV. ON BRAWN AND BRAINS 94
XVI. ON PHILOSOPHY, THE GUIDE OF LIFE 102
XVII. ON PHILOSOPHY AND RICHES 108
XVIII. ON FESTIVALS AND FASTING 116
XIX. ON WORLDLINESS AND RETIREMENT 124
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XX. ON PRACTISING WHAT YOU PREACH 132
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XXI. ON THE RENOWN WHICH MY WRITINGS
WILL BRING YOU
XXII. ON THE FUTILITY OF HALF-WAY MEASURE:
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XXIII. ON THE TRUE JOY WHICH COMES FROM
PHILOSOPHY
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XXIV. ON DESPISING DEATH
XXV. ON REFORMATION
XXVI. ON OLD AGE AND DEATH
XXVII. ON THE GOOD WHICH ABIDES
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XXVIII. ON TRAVEL AS A CURE FOR DISCONTENT
XXIX. ON THE CRITICAL CONDITION OF MAR
CELLINUS
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XXX. ON CONQUERING THE CONQUEROR
XXXI. ON SIREN SONGS
XXXII. ON PROGRESS
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XXXIII. ON THE FUTILITY OF LEARNING MAXIMS
XXXIV. ON A PROMISING PUPIL
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XXXV. ON THE FRIENDSHIP OF KINDRED MINDS
XXXVI. ON THE VALUE OF RETIREMENT
XXXVII. ON ALLEGIANCE TO VIRTUE
XXXVIII. ON QUIET CONVERSATION
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XXXIX. ON NOBLE ASPIRATIONS
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XL. ON THE PROPER STYLE FOR A PHILO
SOPHER'S DISCOURSE
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XLI. ON THE GOD WITHIN US.
XLII. ON VALUES
XLI1I. ON THE RELATIVITY OF FAME
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XLIV. ON PHILOSOPHY AND PEDIGREES
XLV. ON SOPHISTICAL ARGUMENTATION
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