On the parts of philosophy
89:7
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.
7.
Wisdom is that which the Greeks call σοφία.
The Romans also were wont to use this word in the sense in which they now use “philosophy” also.
This will be proved to your satisfaction by our old national plays, as well as by the epitaph that is carved on the tomb of Dossennus:
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the parts of philosophy
Location: Chapter 89, Section 7
Content:
7.
Wisdom is that which the Greeks call σοφία.
The Romans also were wont to use this word in the sense in which they now use “philosophy” also.
This will be proved to your satisfaction by our old national plays, as well as by the epitaph that is carved on the tomb of Dossennus: