On some vain syllogisms
85:35
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The second volume of Seneca's moral letters to Lucilius. Each letter contains Seneca's advice and wisdom won from a life of Roman politics.
36.
Again, the pilot’s art is another’s good—it concerns his passengers just as a physician’s art concerns his patients.
But the wise man’s good is a common good—it belongs both to those in whose company he lives, and to himself also.
Hence our pilot may perhaps be harmed, since his services, which have been promised to others, are hindered by the storm;
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On some vain syllogisms
Location: Chapter 85, Section 35
Content:
36.
Again, the pilot’s art is another’s good—it concerns his passengers just as a physician’s art concerns his patients.
But the wise man’s good is a common good—it belongs both to those in whose company he lives, and to himself also.
Hence our pilot may perhaps be harmed, since his services, which have been promised to others, are hindered by the storm;