Seneca's Moral Epistles

-- Introduction on Seneca's life and work, philosophy, style

-- Chronologies: historical and of Seneca's extant works

-- Selected bibliography

-- Latin text with same-page notes of 40 Senecan letters

-- Vocabulary

Preface

ix

Introduction

xi

Seneca's Life and Work

xi

Seneca's Philosophy

xv

Seneca's Style

xix

Historical Chronology

xxv

Chronology of Seneca's Extant Works

xxvii

Selected Bibliography in English

xxix

Note to Readers

xxxi

TEXT: SELECTED EPISTLES

1

(172)

Epistle One: The Value of Time

2

(2)

Epistle Two: He is Nowhere Who Is Everywhere

4

(2)

Epistle Three: On Friendship

6

(2)

Epistle Five: The Golden Mean

8

(4)

Epistle Six: The Joy of Sharing One's Possessions with One's Friends

12

(2)

Epistle Seven: Avoid the Crowd

14

(6)

Epistle Eleven: Wisdom Unable to Suppress Natural Emotions

20

(4)

Epistle Twelve: The Advantages of Old Age

24

(4)

Epistle Fifteen: Against Strenuous Physical Exercise

28

(4)

Epistle Sixteen: Philosophy: Life's Guide

32

(4)

Epistle Eighteen: On Practicing Poverty

36

(6)

Epistle Twenty-one: A Lasting Monument

42

(4)

Epistle Twenty-three: True Joy Is a Stern Matter

46

(4)

Epistle Twenty-seven: Virtue Alone Gives Everlasting Joy

50

(4)

Epistle Twenty-eight: Travel Cannot Cure the Soul's Maladies

54

(4)

Epistle Thirty-four: The Teacher's Joy at His Pupil's Success

58

(2)

Epistle Thirty-seven: Soldiering toward the Good Life

60

(2)

Epistle Thirty-eight: The Intimacy and Value of Conversation

62

(2)

Epistle Forty-one: God within You

64

(4)

Epistle Forty-two: The Rarity of the Vir Bonus

68

(4)

Epistle Forty-three: No Escape from One's Own Conscience

72

(2)

Epistle Forty-four: Philosophy Never Looks to Pedigrees

74

(2)

Epistle Forty-seven: Not Slaves, but Fellow Slaves

76

(8)

Epistle Fifty: Becoming Better Daily

84

(4)

Epistle Fifty-one: Baiae and Vice

88

(4)

Epistle Fifty-two: Man Needs a Moral Guide

92

(6)

Epistle Fifty-three: Tossed upon Land and Sea

98

(4)

Epistle Fifty-four: On Sickness and Death

102

(2)

Epistle Fifty-six: The Philosopher in the Bathhouse

104

(6)

Epistle Sixty: Man's Supplication for Affliction

110

(2)

Epistle Sixty-one: Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last

112

(2)

Epistle Sixty-two: Scorn Riches: Seize the Wealth of the Ages

114

(2)

Epistle Sixty-three: The Moderation of Grief

116

(6)

Epistle Seventy-two: The Priority of Philosophy

122

(4)

Epistle Eighty: Virtue Is within the Reach of Those Who Wish It

126

(4)

Epistle Eighty-four: On Integrating Knowledge

130

(6)

Epistle Ninety: Wisdom, Skill, and the Golden Age

136

(20)

Epistle Ninety-six: On Paying the Manly Tribute to Life

156

(2)

Epistle One Hundred Twelve: The Intransigence of Vice

158

(2)

Epistle One Hundred Fourteen: Style is the Man

160

(13)

Vocabulary

173

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