On sophistical argumentation
45:4
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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4.
But whatever the quality of my works may be, read them as if I were still seeking, and were not aware of, the truth, and were seeking it obstinately, too.
For I have sold myself to no man; I bear the name of no master.
I give much credit to the judgment of great men; but I claim something also for my own.
For these men, too, have left to us, not positive discoveries, but problems whose solution is still to be sought.
They might perhaps have discovered the essentials, had they not sought the superfluous also.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On sophistical argumentation
Location: Chapter 45, Section 4
Content:
4.
But whatever the quality of my works may be, read them as if I were still seeking, and were not aware of, the truth, and were seeking it obstinately, too.
For I have sold myself to no man; I bear the name of no master.
I give much credit to the judgment of great men; but I claim something also for my own.
For these men, too, have left to us, not positive discoveries, but problems whose solution is still to be sought.
They might perhaps have discovered the essentials, had they not sought the superfluous also.