On sophistical argumentation
45:12
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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12.
What, then?
Shall you not rather transfer your efforts to making it clear to all men that the search for the superfluous means a great outlay of time, and that many have gone through life merely accumulating the instruments of life?
Consider individuals, survey men in general; there is none whose life does not look forward to the morrow.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On sophistical argumentation
Location: Chapter 45, Section 12
Content:
12.
What, then?
Shall you not rather transfer your efforts to making it clear to all men that the search for the superfluous means a great outlay of time, and that many have gone through life merely accumulating the instruments of life?
Consider individuals, survey men in general; there is none whose life does not look forward to the morrow.