27.
It is not she, I maintain, who is the artisan of our indispensable implements of daily use.
Why do you assign to her such petty things?
You see in her the skilled artisan of life.
The other arts, it is true, wisdom has under her control; for he whom life serves is also served by the things which equip life.
But wisdom’s course is toward the state of happiness; thither she guides us, thither she opens the way for us.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the part played by philosophy in the progress of man
Location: Chapter 90, Section 27
Content:
27.
It is not she, I maintain, who is the artisan of our indispensable implements of daily use.
Why do you assign to her such petty things?
You see in her the skilled artisan of life.
The other arts, it is true, wisdom has under her control; for he whom life serves is also served by the things which equip life.
But wisdom’s course is toward the state of happiness; thither she guides us, thither she opens the way for us.