This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to the readers of to-day such dramatic interest as does Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the author of the Epistles. These letters, written by Seneca towards the end of his life, are all addressed to his friend Lucilius, who, at the time when these letters were written, was a procurator in Sicily. The form of this work, as Bacon says, is a collection of essays rather than of letters. Summary paraphrased from the Introduction in Volume 1 by Suprad.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Letter 66. On Various Aspects of Virtue
38:12 - Chapter 2
Letter 67. On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
11:09 - Chapter 3
Letter 68. On Wisdom and Retirement
09:28 - Chapter 4
Letter 69. On Rest and Restlessness
03:52 - Chapter 5
Letter 70. On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable
18:26 - Chapter 6
Letter 71. On the Supreme Good
26:41 - Chapter 7
Letter 72. On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy
08:48 - Chapter 8
Letter 73. On Philosophers and Kings
10:19 - Chapter 9
Letter 74. On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions
25:17 - Chapter 10
Letter 75. On the Diseases of the Soul
11:00 - Chapter 11
Letter 76. On Learning Wisdom in Old Age
25:04 - Chapter 12
Letter 77. On Taking One’s Own Life
13:22 - Chapter 13
Letter 78. On the Healing Power of the Mind
21:05 - Chapter 14
Letter 79. On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery
12:41 - Chapter 15
Letter 80. On Worldly Deceptions
07:40 - Chapter 16
Letter 81. On Benefits
24:04 - Chapter 17
Letter 82. On the Natural Fear of Death
19:47 - Chapter 18
Letter 83. On Drunkenness
19:33 - Chapter 19
Letter 84. On Gathering Ideas
09:27 - Chapter 20
Letter 85. On Some Vain Syllogisms
29:34 - Chapter 21
Letter 86. On Scipio’s Villa
13:40 - Chapter 22
Letter 87. Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life
27:20 - Chapter 23
Letter 88. On Liberal and Vocational Studies
29:44 - Chapter 24
Letter 89. On the Parts of Philosophy
16:56 - Chapter 25
Letter 90. On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man
35:36 - Chapter 26
Letter 91. On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons
16:33 - Chapter 27
Letter 92. On the Happy Life
25:42