On the intimations of our immortality
102:17
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The final volume of Seneca's moral letters. Common Stoic themes emerge again and again: the unreliability of fortune, the ability to form Stoic resolve, and the importance of virtue.
17.
Reputation necessarily demands words, but renown can be content with men’s judgments, and suffice without the spoken word.
It is satisfied not only amid silent approval, but even in the face of open protest.
There is, in my opinion, this difference between renown and glory—the latter depends upon the judgments of the many; but renown on the judgments of good men.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the intimations of our immortality
Location: Chapter 102, Section 17
Content:
17.
Reputation necessarily demands words, but renown can be content with men’s judgments, and suffice without the spoken word.
It is satisfied not only amid silent approval, but even in the face of open protest.
There is, in my opinion, this difference between renown and glory—the latter depends upon the judgments of the many; but renown on the judgments of good men.