Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65)
Translated by Richard M. Gummere (1883 - 1969)

Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introduce major themes of Stoic philosophy and have been a source of inspiration and comfort for readers throughout the centuries. - Summary by jvanstan

Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Biography & Autobiography, Essays & Short Works

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Introduction John Van Stan
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Play 02 On Saving Time John Van Stan
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Play 03 On Discursiveness in Reading John Van Stan
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Play 04 On True and False Friendship John Van Stan
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Play 05 On the Terrors of Death John Van Stan
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Play 06 On the Philosopher's Mean John Van Stan
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Play 07 On Sharing Knowledge John Van Stan
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Play 08 On Crowds John Van Stan
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Play 09 On the Philosopher's Seclusion John Van Stan
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Play 10 On Philosophy and Friendship John Van Stan
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Play 11 On Living to Onself John Van Stan
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Play 12 On the Blush of Modesty John Van Stan
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Play 13 On Old Age John Van Stan
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Play 14 On Groundless Fears John Van Stan
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Play 15 On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the World John Van Stan
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Play 16 On Brawn and Brains John Van Stan
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Play 17 On Philosophy, the Guide of Life John Van Stan
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Play 18 On Philosophy and Riches John Van Stan
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Play 19 On Festivals and Fasting John Van Stan
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Play 20 On Worldliness and Retirement John Van Stan
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Play 21 On Practising What You Preach John Van Stan
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Play 22 On the Renown which My Writings Will Bring You John Van Stan
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Play 23 On the Futility of Half-way Measures John Van Stan
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Play 24 On the True Joy which Comes from Philosophy John Van Stan
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Play 25 On Despising Death John Van Stan
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Play 26 On Reformation John Van Stan
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Play 27 On Old Age and Death John Van Stan
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Play 28 On the Good which Abides John Van Stan
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Play 29 On Travel as a Cure for Discontent John Van Stan
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Play 30 On the Critical Condition of Marcellinus John Van Stan
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Play 31 On Conquering the Conqueror John Van Stan
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Play 32 On Siren Songs John Van Stan
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Play 33 On Progress John Van Stan
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Play 34 On the Futility of Learning Maxims John Van Stan
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Play 35 On a Promising Pupil John Van Stan
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Play 36 On the Friendship of Kindred Minds John Van Stan
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Play 37 On the Value of Retirement John Van Stan
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Play 38 On Allegiance to Virtue John Van Stan
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Play 39 On Quiet Conversation John Van Stan
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Play 40 On Noble Aspirations John Van Stan
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Play 41 On the Proper Style for a Philosopher's Discourse John Van Stan
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Play 42 On the God within Us John Van Stan
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Play 43 On Values John Van Stan
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Play 44 On the Relativity of Fame John Van Stan
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Play 45 Of Philosophy and Pedigrees John Van Stan
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Play 46 On Sophistical Argumentation John Van Stan
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Play 47 On a New Book by Lucilius John Van Stan
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Play 48 On Master and Slave John Van Stan
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Play 49 On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher John Van Stan
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Play 50 On the Shortness of Life John Van Stan
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Play 51 On Our Blindness and Its Cure John Van Stan
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Play 52 On Baiae and Morals John Van Stan
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Play 53 On Choosing Our Teachers John Van Stan
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Play 54 On the Faults of the Spirit John Van Stan
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Play 55 On Asthma and Death John Van Stan
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Play 56 On Vatia's Villa John Van Stan
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Play 57 On Quiet and Study John Van Stan
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Play 58 On the Trials of Travel John Van Stan
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Play 59 On Being John Van Stan
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Play 60 On Pleasure and Joy John Van Stan
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Play 61 On Harmful Prayers John Van Stan
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Play 62 On Meeting Death Cheerfully John Van Stan
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Play 63 On Good Company John Van Stan
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Play 64 On Grief for Lost Friends John Van Stan
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Play 65 On the Philosopher's Task John Van Stan
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Play 66 On the First Cause John Van Stan
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Play 67 On Various Aspects of Virtue John Van Stan
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Play 68 On Ill-health and Endurance of Suffering John Van Stan
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Play 69 On Wisdom and Retirement John Van Stan
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Play 70 On Rest and Restlessness John Van Stan
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Play 71 On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable John Van Stan
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Play 72 On the Supreme Good John Van Stan
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Play 73 On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy John Van Stan
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Play 74 On Philosophers and Kings John Van Stan
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Play 75 On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions John Van Stan
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Play 76 On the Diseases of the Soul John Van Stan
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Play 77 On Learning Wisdom in Old Age John Van Stan
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Play 78 On Taking One's Own Life John Van Stan
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Play 79 On the Healing Power of the Mind John Van Stan
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Play 80 On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery John Van Stan
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Play 81 On Worldly Deceptions John Van Stan
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Play 82 On Benefits John Van Stan
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Play 83 On the Natural Fear of Death John Van Stan
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Play 84 On Drunkenness John Van Stan
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Play 85 On Gathering Ideas John Van Stan
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Play 86 On Some Vain Syllogisms John Van Stan
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Play 87 On Scipio's Villa John Van Stan
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Play 88 Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life John Van Stan
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Play 89 On Liberal and Vocational Studies John Van Stan
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Play 90 On the Parts of Philosophy John Van Stan
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Play 91 On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man John Van Stan
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Play 92 On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons John Van Stan
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Play 93 On the Happy Life John Van Stan
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Play 94 On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life John Van Stan
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Play 95 On the Value of Advice John Van Stan
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Play 96 On the Usefulness of Basic Principles John Van Stan
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Play 97 On Facing Hardships John Van Stan
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Play 98 On the Degeneracy of the Age John Van Stan
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Play 99 On the Fickleness of Fortune John Van Stan
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Play 100 On Consolation of the Bereaved John Van Stan
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Play 101 On the Writings of Fabianus John Van Stan
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Play 102 On the Futility of Planning Ahead John Van Stan
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Play 103 On the Intimations of Our Immortality John Van Stan
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Play 104 On the Dangers of Association with Our Fellow-Men John Van Stan
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Play 105 On Care of Health and Peace of Mind John Van Stan
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Play 106 On Facing the World with Confidence John Van Stan
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Play 107 On the Corporeality of Virtue John Van Stan
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Play 108 On Obedience to the Universal Will John Van Stan
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Play 109 On the Approaches to Philosophy John Van Stan
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Play 110 On the Fellowship of Wise Men John Van Stan
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Play 111 On True and False Riches John Van Stan
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Play 112 On the Vanity of Mental Gymnastics John Van Stan
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Play 113 On Reforming Hardened Sinners John Van Stan
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Play 114 On the Vitality of the Soul and Its Attributes John Van Stan
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Play 115 On Style as a Mirror of Character John Van Stan
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Play 116 On the Superficial Blessings John Van Stan
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Play 117 On Self-Control John Van Stan
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Play 118 On Real Ethics as Superior to Syllogistic Subtleties John Van Stan
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Play 119 On the Vanity of Place-Seeking John Van Stan
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Play 120 On Nature as Our Best Provider John Van Stan
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Play 121 More About Virtue John Van Stan
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Play 122 On Instinct in Animals John Van Stan
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Play 123 On Darkness as a Veil for Wickedness John Van Stan
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Play 124 On the Conflict between Pleasure and Virtue John Van Stan
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Play 125 On the True Good as Attained by Reason John Van Stan
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