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Moral Letters, Vol. II

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Moral Letters, Vol. II

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

English· 08:31:00· 27 chapters
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

  1. Chapter 1

    Letter 66. On Various Aspects of Virtue

    38:12
  2. Chapter 2

    Letter 67. On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering

    11:09
  3. Chapter 3

    Letter 68. On Wisdom and Retirement

    09:28
  4. Chapter 4

    Letter 69. On Rest and Restlessness

    03:52
  5. Chapter 5

    Letter 70. On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable

    18:26
  6. Chapter 6

    Letter 71. On the Supreme Good

    26:41
  7. Chapter 7

    Letter 72. On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy

    08:48
  8. Chapter 8

    Letter 73. On Philosophers and Kings

    10:19
  9. Chapter 9

    Letter 74. On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions

    25:17
  10. Chapter 10

    Letter 75. On the Diseases of the Soul

    11:00
  11. Chapter 11

    Letter 76. On Learning Wisdom in Old Age

    25:04
  12. Chapter 12

    Letter 77. On Taking One’s Own Life

    13:22
  13. Chapter 13

    Letter 78. On the Healing Power of the Mind

    21:05
  14. Chapter 14

    Letter 79. On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery

    12:41
  15. Chapter 15

    Letter 80. On Worldly Deceptions

    07:40
  16. Chapter 16

    Letter 81. On Benefits

    24:04
  17. Chapter 17

    Letter 82. On the Natural Fear of Death

    19:47
  18. Chapter 18

    Letter 83. On Drunkenness

    19:33
  19. Chapter 19

    Letter 84. On Gathering Ideas

    09:27
  20. Chapter 20

    Letter 85. On Some Vain Syllogisms

    29:34
  21. Chapter 21

    Letter 86. On Scipio’s Villa

    13:40
  22. Chapter 22

    Letter 87. Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life

    27:20
  23. Chapter 23

    Letter 88. On Liberal and Vocational Studies

    29:44
  24. Chapter 24

    Letter 89. On the Parts of Philosophy

    16:56
  25. Chapter 25

    Letter 90. On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man

    35:36
  26. Chapter 26

    Letter 91. On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons

    16:33
  27. Chapter 27

    Letter 92. On the Happy Life

    25:42