Some arguments in favour of the simple life
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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.
30.
Certain men answer this objection as follows: “You are mistaken if you ascribe disadvantages to riches.
Riches injure no one; it is a man’s own folly, or his neighbour’s wickedness, that harms him in each case, just as a sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
Riches themselves do not harm you, just because it is on account of riches that you suffer harm.”
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: Some arguments in favour of the simple life
Location: Chapter 87, Section 30
Content:
30.
Certain men answer this objection as follows: “You are mistaken if you ascribe disadvantages to riches.
Riches injure no one; it is a man’s own folly, or his neighbour’s wickedness, that harms him in each case, just as a sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
Riches themselves do not harm you, just because it is on account of riches that you suffer harm.”