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Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium)
Seneca
6 mins to start
14 hrs to read
Translated by: Richard Mott Gummere
Type: Non-Fiction
Year published: 65
Total length: 14 hrs (211474 words)
Average chapter length: 6 mins (1692 words)

Contents

Introduction
6 mins
Volume 1
Letter 1 - On saving time
2 mins
Letter 2 - On discursiveness in reading
2 mins
Letter 3 - On true and false friendship
2 mins
Letter 4 - On the terrors of death
3 mins
Letter 5 - On the philosopher's mean
3 mins
Letter 6 - On sharing knowledge
2 mins
Letter 7 - On crowds
4 mins
Letter 8 - On the philosopher's seclusion
3 mins
Letter 9 - On philosophy and friendship
8 mins
Letter 10 - On living to oneself
2 mins
Letter 11 - On the blush of modesty
3 mins
Letter 12 - On old age
4 mins
Letter 13 - On groundless fears
6 mins
Letter 14 - On the reasons for withdrawing from the world
7 mins
Letter 15 - On brawn and brains
4 mins
Letter 16 - On philosophy, the guide of life
3 mins
Letter 17 - On philosophy and riches
4 mins
Letter 18 - On festivals and fasting
5 mins
Letter 19 - On worldliness and retirement
5 mins
Letter 20 - On practising what you preach
5 mins
Letter 21 - On the renown which my writings will bring you
4 mins
Letter 22 - On the futility of half-way measures
6 mins
Letter 23 - On the true joy which comes from philosophy
4 mins
Letter 24 - On despising death
10 mins
Letter 25 - On reformation
3 mins
Letter 26 - On old age and death
3 mins
Letter 27 - On the good which abides
3 mins
Letter 28 - On travel as a cure for discontent
3 mins
Letter 29 - On the critical condition of Marcellinus
4 mins
Letter 30 - On conquering the conqueror
6 mins
Letter 31 - On siren songs
4 mins
Letter 32 - On progress
2 mins
Letter 33 - On the futility of learning maxims
4 mins
Letter 34 - On a promising pupil
1 min
Letter 35 - On the friendship of kindred minds
1 min
Letter 36 - On the value of retirement
4 mins
Letter 37 - On allegiance to virtue
1 min
Letter 38 - On quiet conversation
1 min
Letter 39 - On noble aspirations
2 mins
Letter 40 - On the proper style for a philosopher's discourse
5 mins
Letter 41 - On the god within us
3 mins
Letter 42 - On values
3 mins
Letter 43 - On the relativity of fame
1 min
Letter 44 - On philosophy and pedigrees
2 mins
Letter 45 - On sophistical argumentation
5 mins
Letter 46 - On a new book by Lucilius
1 min
Letter 47 - On master and slave
7 mins
Letter 48 - On quibbling as unworthy of the philosopher
4 mins
Letter 49 - On the shortness of life
5 mins
Letter 50 - On our blindness and its cure
3 mins
Letter 51 - On Baiae and morals
4 mins
Letter 52 - On choosing our teachers
5 mins
Letter 53 - On the faults of the spirit
4 mins
Letter 54 - On asthma and death
2 mins
Letter 55 - On Vatia's villa
4 mins
Letter 56 - On quiet and study
5 mins
Letter 57 - On the trials of travel
3 mins
Letter 58 - On being
13 mins
Letter 59 - On pleasure and joy
7 mins
Letter 60 - On harmful prayers
1 min
Letter 61 - On meeting death cheerfully
1 min
Letter 62 - On good company
1 min
Letter 63 - On grief for lost friends
5 mins
Letter 64 - On the philosopher's task
3 mins
Letter 65 - On the first cause
9 mins
Volume 2
Letter 66 - On various aspects of virtue
20 mins
Letter 67 - On ill-health and endurance of suffering
5 mins
Letter 68 - On wisdom and retirement
5 mins
Letter 69 - On rest and restlessness
1 min
Letter 70 - On the proper time to slip the cable
10 mins
Letter 71 - On the supreme good
14 mins
Letter 72 - On business as the enemy of philosophy
5 mins
Letter 73 - On philosophers and kings
5 mins
Letter 74 - On virtue as a refuge from worldly distractions
14 mins
Letter 75 - On the diseases of the soul
6 mins
Letter 76 - On learning wisdom in old age
13 mins
Letter 77 - On taking one's own life
7 mins
Letter 78 - On the healing power of the mind
11 mins
Letter 79 - On the rewards of scientific discovery
7 mins
Letter 80 - On worldly deceptions
4 mins
Letter 81 - On benefits
13 mins
Letter 82 - On the natural fear of death
10 mins
Letter 83 - On drunkenness
11 mins
Letter 84 - On gathering ideas
5 mins
Letter 85 - On some vain syllogisms
15 mins
Letter 86 - On Scipio's villa
7 mins
Letter 87 - Some arguments in favour of the simple life
15 mins
Letter 88 - On liberal and vocational studies
17 mins
Letter 89 - On the parts of philosophy
9 mins
Letter 90 - On the part played by philosophy in the progress of man
21 mins
Letter 91 - On the lesson to be drawn from the burning of Lyons
9 mins
Letter 92 - On the happy life
15 mins
Volume 3
Letter 93 - On the quality, as contrasted with the length, of life
5 mins
Letter 94 - On the value of advice
29 mins
Letter 95 - On the usefulness of basic principles
27 mins
Letter 96 - On facing hardships
1 min
Letter 97 - On the degeneracy of the age
5 mins
Letter 98 - On the fickleness of fortune
7 mins
Letter 99 - On consolation to the bereaved
12 mins
Letter 100 - On the writings of Fabianus
5 mins
Letter 101 - On the futility of planning ahead
5 mins
Letter 102 - On the intimations of our immortality
11 mins
Letter 103 - On the dangers of association with our fellow-men
1 min
Letter 104 - On care of health and peace of mind
13 mins
Letter 105 - On facing the world with confidence
2 mins
Letter 106 - On the corporeality of virtue
3 mins
Letter 107 - On obedience to the universal will
3 mins
Letter 108 - On the approaches to philosophy
14 mins
Letter 109 - On the fellowship of wise men
6 mins
Letter 110 - On true and false riches
7 mins
Letter 111 - On the vanity of mental gymnastics
1 min
Letter 112 - On reforming hardened sinners
1 min
Letter 113 - On the vitality of the soul and its attributes
11 mins
Letter 114 - On style as a mirror of character
11 mins
Letter 115 - On the superficial blessings
6 mins
Letter 116 - On self-control
3 mins
Letter 117 - On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties
14 mins
Letter 118 - On the vanity of place-seeking
6 mins
Letter 119 - On nature as our best provider
5 mins
Letter 120 - More about virtue
9 mins
Letter 121 - On instinct in animals
9 mins
Letter 122 - On darkness as a veil for wickedness
7 mins
Letter 123 - On the conflict between pleasure and virtue
7 mins
Letter 124 - On the true good as attained by reason
9 mins


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