On the intimations of our immortality
102:2
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.
2.
I was taking pleasure in investigating the immortality of souls, nay, in believing that doctrine.
For I was lending a ready ear to the opinions of the great authors, who not only approve but promise this most pleasing condition.
I was giving myself over to such a noble hope; for I was already weary of myself, beginning already to despise the fragments of my shattered existence, and feeling that I was destined to pass over into that infinity of time and the heritage of eternity, when I was suddenly awakened by the receipt of your letter, and lost my lovely dream.
But, if I can once dispose of you, I shall reseek and rescue it.
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 2
Content:
2.
I was taking pleasure in investigating the immortality of souls, nay, in believing that doctrine.
For I was lending a ready ear to the opinions of the great authors, who not only approve but promise this most pleasing condition.
I was giving myself over to such a noble hope; for I was already weary of myself, beginning already to despise the fragments of my shattered existence, and feeling that I was destined to pass over into that infinity of time and the heritage of eternity, when I was suddenly awakened by the receipt of your letter, and lost my lovely dream.
But, if I can once dispose of you, I shall reseek and rescue it.