Moral letters to Lucilius
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| SENECA AD LUCILIUM
IN THREE VOLUMES
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CONTENTS
| Volume 1 | |
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| Introduction | |
| Letter 1 | On saving time |
| Letter 2 | On discursiveness in reading |
| Letter 3 | On true and false friendship |
| Letter 4 | On the terrors of death |
| Letter 5 | On the philosopher's mean |
| Letter 6 | On sharing knowledge |
| Letter 7 | On crowds |
| Letter 8 | On the philosopher's seclusion |
| Letter 9 | On philosophy and friendship |
| Letter 10 | On living to oneself |
| Letter 11 | On the blush of modesty |
| Letter 12 | On old age |
| Letter 13 | On groundless fears |
| Letter 14 | On the reasons for withdrawing from the world |
| Letter 15 | On brawn and brains |
| Letter 16 | On philosophy, the guide of life |
| Letter 17 | On philosophy and riches |
| Letter 18 | On festivals and fasting |
| Letter 19 | On worldliness and retirement |
| Letter 20 | On practising what you preach |
| Letter 21 | On the renown which my writings will bring you |
| Letter 22 | On the futility of half-way measures |
| Letter 23 | On the true joy which comes from philosophy |
| Letter 24 | On despising death |
| Letter 25 | On reformation |
| Letter 26 | On old age and death |
| Letter 27 | On the good which abides |
| Letter 28 | On travel as a cure for discontent |
| Letter 29 | On the critical condition of Marcellinus |
| Letter 30 | On conquering the conqueror |
| Letter 31 | On siren songs |
| Letter 32 | On progress |
| Letter 33 | On the futility of learning maxims |
| Letter 34 | On a promising pupil |
| Letter 35 | On the friendship of kindred minds |
| Letter 36 | On the value of retirement |
| Letter 37 | On allegiance to virtue |
| Letter 38 | On quiet conversation |
| Letter 39 | On noble aspirations |
| Letter 40 | On the proper style for a philosopher's discourse |
| Letter 41 | On the god within us |
| Letter 42 | On values |
| Letter 43 | On the relativity of fame |
| Letter 44 | On philosophy and pedigrees |
| Letter 45 | On sophistical argumentation |
| Letter 46 | On a new book by Lucilius |
| Letter 47 | On master and slave |
| Letter 48 | On quibbling as unworthy of the philosopher |
| Letter 49 | On the shortness of life |
| Letter 50 | On our blindness and its cure |
| Letter 51 | On Baiae and morals |
| Letter 52 | On choosing our teachers |
| Letter 53 | On the faults of the spirit |
| Letter 54 | On asthma and death |
| Letter 55 | On Vatia's villa |
| Letter 56 | On quiet and study |
| Letter 57 | On the trials of travel |
| Letter 58 | On being |
| Letter 59 | On pleasure and joy |
| Letter 60 | On harmful prayers |
| Letter 61 | On meeting death cheerfully |
| Letter 62 | On good company |
| Letter 63 | On grief for lost friends |
| Letter 64 | On the philosopher's task |
| Letter 65 | On the first cause |
| Volume 2 | |
| Letter 66 | On various aspects of virtue |
| Letter 67 | On ill-health and endurance of suffering |
| Letter 68 | On wisdom and retirement |
| Letter 69 | On rest and restlessness |
| Letter 70 | On the proper time to slip the cable |
| Letter 71 | On the supreme good |
| Letter 72 | On business as the enemy of philosophy |
| Letter 73 | On philosophers and kings |
| Letter 74 | On virtue as a refuge from worldly distractions |
| Letter 75 | On the diseases of the soul |
| Letter 76 | On learning wisdom in old age |
| Letter 77 | On taking one's own life |
| Letter 78 | On the healing power of the mind |
| Letter 79 | On the rewards of scientific discovery |
| Letter 80 | On worldly deceptions |
| Letter 81 | On benefits |
| Letter 82 | On the natural fear of death |
| Letter 83 | On drunkenness |
| Letter 84 | On gathering ideas |
| Letter 85 | On some vain syllogisms |
| Letter 86 | On Scipio's villa |
| Letter 87 | Some arguments in favour of the simple life |
| Letter 88 | On liberal and vocational studies |
| Letter 89 | On the parts of philosophy |
| Letter 90 | On the part played by philosophy in the progress of man |
| Letter 91 | On the lesson to be drawn from the burning of Lyons |
| Letter 92 | On the happy life |
| Volume 3 | |
| Letter 93 | On the quality, as contrasted with the length, of life |
| Letter 94 | On the value of advice |
| Letter 95 | On the usefulness of basic principles |
| Letter 96 | On facing hardships |
| Letter 97 | On the degeneracy of the age |
| Letter 98 | On the fickleness of fortune |
| Letter 99 | On consolation to the bereaved |
| Letter 100 | On the writings of Fabianus |
| Letter 101 | On the futility of planning ahead |
| Letter 102 | On the intimations of our immortality |
| Letter 103 | On the dangers of association with our fellow-men |
| Letter 104 | On care of health and peace of mind |
| Letter 105 | On facing the world with confidence |
| Letter 106 | On the corporeality of virtue |
| Letter 107 | On obedience to the universal will |
| Letter 108 | On the approaches to philosophy |
| Letter 109 | On the fellowship of wise men |
| Letter 110 | On true and false riches |
| Letter 111 | On the vanity of mental gymnastics |
| Letter 112 | On reforming hardened sinners |
| Letter 113 | On the vitality of the soul and its attributes |
| Letter 114 | On style as a mirror of character |
| Letter 115 | On the superficial blessings |
| Letter 116 | On self-control |
| Letter 117 | On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties |
| Letter 118 | On the vanity of place-seeking |
| Letter 119 | On nature as our best provider |
| Letter 120 | More about virtue |
| Letter 121 | On instinct in animals |
| Letter 122 | On darkness as a veil for wickedness |
| Letter 123 | On the conflict between pleasure and virtue |
| Letter 124 | On the true good as attained by reason |
| Appendix | |
| Index of proper names | |
| Subject index | |
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