Moral letters to Lucilius

by Seneca

Layout 2

THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

EDITED BY
E. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D.T. E. PAGE, LITT.D.
W. H. D. ROUSE, LITT.D.

 

SENECA
AD LUCILIUM EPISTULAE MORALES

 

SENECA
AD LUCILIUM
EPISTULAE MORALES

WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
RICHARD M. GUMMERE, PH.D.
OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE

IN THREE VOLUMES

 

LONDON : WILLIAM HEINEMANN
NEW YORK : G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

MCMXXV

 

First Printed 1918.
Reprinted 1925.

 

Printed in Great Britain.

 

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
		PAGE
INTRODUCTION		vii
LETTERS—
I.	ON SAVING TIME	2
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
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
XI.	ON THE BLUSH OF MODESTY	60
XII.	ON OLD AGE	64
XIII.	ON GROUNDLESS FEARS	72
XIV.	ON THE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWING FROM THE WORLD	84
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
XX.	ON PRACTISING WHAT YOU PREACH	132
XXI.	ON THE RENOWN WHICH MY WRITINGS WILL BRING YOU	140
XXII.	ON THE FUTILITY OF HALF-WAY MEASURES	148
XXIII.	ON THE TRUE JOY WHICH COMES FROM PHILOSOPHY	158
XXIV.	ON DESPISING DEATH	164
XXV.	ON REFORMATION	182
XXVI.	ON OLD AGE AND DEATH	186
XXVII.	ON THE GOOD WHICH ABIDES	192
XXVIII.	ON TRAVEL AS A CURE FOR DISCONTENT	198
XXIX.	ON THE CRITICAL CONDITION OF MARCELLINUS	202
XXX.	ON CONQUERING THE CONQUEROR	210
XXXI.	ON SIREN SONGS	222
XXXII.	ON PROGRESS	228
XXXIII.	ON THE FUTILITY OF LEARNING MAXIMS	232
XXXIV.	ON A PROMISING PUPIL	240
XXXV.	ON THE FRIENDSHIP OF KINDRED MINDS	242
XXXVI.	ON THE VALUE OF RETIREMENT	246
XXXVII.	ON ALLEGIANCE TO VIRTUE	252
XXXVIII.	ON QUIET CONVERSATION	256
XXXIX.	ON NOBLE ASPIRATIONS	258
XL.	ON THE PROPER STYLE FOR A PHILOSOPHER’S DISCOURSE	262
XLI.	ON THE GOD WITHIN US	272
XLII.	ON VALUES	278
XLIII.	ON THE RELATIVITY OF FAME	284
XLIV.	ON PHILOSOPHY AND PEDIGREES	286
XLV.	ON SOPHISTICAL ARGUMENTATION	290
XLVI.	ON A NEW BOOK BY LUCILIUS	298
XLVII.	ON MASTER AND SLAVE	300
XLVIII.	ON QUIBBLING AS UNWORTHY OF THE PHILOSOPHER	312
XLIX.	ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE	322
L.	ON OUR BLINDNESS AND ITS CURE	330
LI.	ON BAIAE AND MORALS	336
LII.	ON CHOOSING OUR TEACHERS	344
LIII.	ON THE FAULTS OF THE SPIRIT	352
LIV.	ON ASTHMA AND DEATH	360
LV.	ON VATIA’S VILLA	364
LVI.	ON QUIET AND STUDY	372
LVII.	ON THE TRIALS OF TRAVEL	382
LVIII.	ON BEING	386
LIX.	ON PLEASURE AND JOY	408
LX.	ON HARMFUL PRAYERS	422
LXI.	ON MEETING DEATH CHEERFULLY	424
LXII.	ON GOOD COMPANY	426
LXIII.	ON GRIEF FOR LOST FRIENDS	428
LXIV.	ON THE PHILOSOPHER’S TASK	438
LXV.	ON THE FIRST CAUSE	444
INDEX		461

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
LETTERS—
		PAGE
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.	ON BUSINESS AS THE ENEMY OF PHILOSOPHY	96
LXXIII.	ON PHILOSOPHERS AND KINGS	104
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.	ON THE REWARDS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY	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
LXXXV.	ON SOME VAIN SYLLOGISMS	284
LXXXVI.	ON SCIPIO’S VILLA	310
LXXXVII.	SOME ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF THE SIMPLE LIFE	322
LXXXVIII.	ON LIBERAL AND VOCATIONAL STUDIES	348
LXXXIX.	ON THE PARTS OF PHILOSOPHY	376
XC.	ON THE PART PLAYED BY PHILOSOPHY IN THE PROGRESS OF MAN	394
XCI.	ON THE LESSON TO BE DRAWN FROM THE BURNING OF LYONS	430
XCII.	ON THE HAPPY LIFE	446
APPENDIX		472
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES		474

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III
LETTERS—
		PAGE
XCIII.	ON THE QUALITY, AS CONTRASTED WITH THE LENGTH, OF LIFE	2
XCIV.	ON THE VALUE OF ADVICE	10
XCV.	ON THE USEFULNESS OF BASIC PRINCIPLES	58
XCVI.	ON FACING HARDSHIPS	104
XCVII.	ON THE DEGENERACY OF THE AGE	108
XCVIII.	ON THE FICKLENESS OF FORTUNE	118
XCIX.	ON CONSOLATION TO THE BEREAVED	128
C.	ON THE WRITINGS OF FABIANUS	148
CI.	ON THE FUTILITY OF PLANNING AHEAD	158
CII.	ON THE INTIMATIONS OF OUR IMMORTALITY	168
CIII.	ON THE DANGERS OF ASSOCIATION WITH OUR FELLOW-MEN	186
CIV.	ON CARE OF HEALTH AND PEACE OF MIND	190
CV.	ON FACING THE WORLD WITH CONFIDENCE	212
CVI.	ON THE CORPOREALITY OF VIRTUE	216
CVII.	ON OBEDIENCE TO THE UNIVERSAL WILL	222
CVIII.	ON THE APPROACHES TO PHILOSOPHY	228
CIX.	ON THE FELLOWSHIP OF WISE MEN	254
CX.	ON TRUE AND FALSE RICHES	264
CXI.	ON THE VANITY OF MENTAL GYMNASTICS	276
CXII.	ON REFORMING HARDENED SINNERS	280
CXIII.	ON THE VITALITY OF THE SOUL AND ITS ATTRIBUTES	282
CXIV.	ON STYLE AS A MIRROR OF CHARACTER	300
CXV.	ON THE SUPERFICIAL BLESSINGS	318
CXVI.	ON SELF-CONTROL	332
CXVII.	ON REAL ETHICS AS SUPERIOR TO SYLLOGISTIC SUBTLETIES	336
CXVIII.	ON THE VANITY OF PLACE-SEEKING	360
CXIX.	ON NATURE AS OUR BEST PROVIDER	370
CXX.	MORE ABOUT VIRTUE	380
CXXI.	ON INSTINCT IN ANIMALS	396
CXXII.	ON DARKNESS AS A VEIL FOR WICKEDNESS	410
CXXIII.	ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PLEASURE AND VIRTUE	424
CXXIV.	ON THE TRUE GOOD AS ATTAINED BY REASON	434
APPENDIX A		451
APPENDIX B		453
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES		455
SUBJECT INDEX		459