On sophistical argumentation
45:13
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13. “What harm is there in this,” you ask?
Infinite harm; for such persons do not live, but are preparing to live.
They postpone everything.
Even if we paid strict attention, life would soon get ahead of us; but as we are now, life finds us lingering and passes us by as if it belonged to another, and though it ends on the final day, it perishes every day.
But I must not exceed the bounds of a letter, which ought not to fill the reader’s left hand.
So I shall postpone to another day our case against the hair-splitters, those over-subtle fellows who make argumentation supreme instead of subordinate.
Farewell.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On sophistical argumentation
Location: Chapter 45, Section 13
Content:
13. “What harm is there in this,” you ask?
Infinite harm; for such persons do not live, but are preparing to live.
They postpone everything.
Even if we paid strict attention, life would soon get ahead of us; but as we are now, life finds us lingering and passes us by as if it belonged to another, and though it ends on the final day, it perishes every day.
But I must not exceed the bounds of a letter, which ought not to fill the reader’s left hand.
So I shall postpone to another day our case against the hair-splitters, those over-subtle fellows who make argumentation supreme instead of subordinate.
Farewell.