"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 which are translated in this volume. ... In these letters, it is impossible to ignore the advance from a somewhat stiff and Ciceronian point of view into the attractive and debatable land of what one may fairly call modern ideas. The style of the Epistles is bold, and so is the thought." (from the Introduction)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
15:14 - Chapter 2
On Saving Time
04:39 - Chapter 3
On Discursiveness in Reading
05:00 - Chapter 4
On True and False Friendship
05:55 - Chapter 5
On the Terrors of Death
08:09 - Chapter 6
On the Philosopher's Mean
06:37 - Chapter 7
On Sharing Knowledge
05:24 - Chapter 8
On Crowds
09:34 - Chapter 9
On the Philosopher's Seclusion
07:40 - Chapter 10
On Philosophy and Friendship
16:52 - Chapter 11
On Living to Oneself
04:12 - Chapter 12
On the Blush of Modesty
05:59 - Chapter 13
On Old Age
09:54 - Chapter 14
On Groundless Fears
13:18 - Chapter 15
On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the World
14:58 - Chapter 16
On Brawn and Brains
09:26 - Chapter 17
On Philosophy, the Guide of Life
07:31 - Chapter 18
On Philosophy and Riches
08:34 - Chapter 19
On Festivals and Fasting
10:15 - Chapter 20
On Worldliness and Retirement
11:09 - Chapter 21
On Practising What You Preach
09:19 - Chapter 22
On the Renown Which My Writings Will Bring You
09:21 - Chapter 23
On the Futility of Half-Way Measures
12:54 - Chapter 24
On the True Joy Which Comes from Philosophy
08:05 - Chapter 25
On Despising Death
19:45 - Chapter 26
On Reformation
05:41 - Chapter 27
On Old Age and Death
06:52 - Chapter 28
On the Good Which Abides
07:11 - Chapter 29
On Travel as a Cure for Discontent
06:35 - Chapter 30
On the Critical Condition of Marcellinus
08:42 - Chapter 31
On Conquering the Conqueror
12:43 - Chapter 32
On Siren Songs
11:09 - Chapter 33
On Progress
04:36 - Chapter 34
On the Futility of Learning Maxims
10:19 - Chapter 35
On a Promising Pupil
03:34 - Chapter 36
On the Friendship of Kindred Minds
04:19 - Chapter 37
On the Value of Retirement
09:52 - Chapter 38
On Allegiance to Virtue
04:34 - Chapter 39
On Quiet Conversation
02:25 - Chapter 40
On Noble Aspirations
06:22 - Chapter 41
On the Proper Style for a Philosopher's Discourse
10:57 - Chapter 42
On the God Within Us
07:42 - Chapter 43
On Values
06:45 - Chapter 44
On the Relativity of Fame
03:02 - Chapter 45
On Philosophy and Pedigrees
05:19 - Chapter 46
On Sophistical Argumentation
09:52 - Chapter 47
On a New Book by Lucilius
02:48 - Chapter 48
On Master and Slave
14:42 - Chapter 49
On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher
11:09 - Chapter 50
On the Shortness of Life
10:10 - Chapter 51
On Our Blindness and Its Cure
06:42 - Chapter 52
On Baiae and Morals
10:59 - Chapter 53
On Choosing Our Teachers
10:04 - Chapter 54
On the Faults of the Spirit
09:19 - Chapter 55
On Asthma and Death
05:45 - Chapter 56
On Vatia's Villa
09:26 - Chapter 57
On Quiet and Study
11:01 - Chapter 58
On the Trials of Travel
06:07 - Chapter 59
On Being
25:51 - Chapter 60
On Pleasure and Joy
14:47 - Chapter 61
On Harmful Prayers
03:00 - Chapter 62
On Meeting Death Cheerfully
02:44 - Chapter 63
On Good Company
02:38 - Chapter 64
On Grief for Lost Friends
10:12 - Chapter 65
On the Philosopher's Task
06:17 - Chapter 66
On the First Cause
17:32