On despising death
24:15
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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15.
Ponder these words which you have often heard and often uttered.
Moreover, prove by the result whether that which you have heard and uttered is true.
For there is a very disgraceful charge often brought against our school,—that we deal with the words, and not with the deeds, of philosophy.
What, have you only at this moment learned that death is hanging over your head, at this moment exile, at this moment grief?
You were born to these perils.
Let us think of everything that can happen as something which will happen.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On despising death
Location: Chapter 24, Section 15
Content:
15.
Ponder these words which you have often heard and often uttered.
Moreover, prove by the result whether that which you have heard and uttered is true.
For there is a very disgraceful charge often brought against our school,—that we deal with the words, and not with the deeds, of philosophy.
What, have you only at this moment learned that death is hanging over your head, at this moment exile, at this moment grief?
You were born to these perils.
Let us think of everything that can happen as something which will happen.