6.
Unless, however, I make a preliminary remark, it will be impossible to understand my rebuttals.
And what is that preliminary remark?
Simply this: there are certain continuous bodies, such as a man; there are certain composite bodies,—as ships, houses, and everything which is the result of joining separate parts into one sum total: there are certain others made up of things that are distinct, each member remaining separate—like an army, a populace, or a senate.
For the persons who go to make up such bodies are united by virtue of law or function; but by their nature they are distinct and individual.
Well, what further prefatory remarks do I still wish to make?
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 6
Content:
6.
Unless, however, I make a preliminary remark, it will be impossible to understand my rebuttals.
And what is that preliminary remark?
Simply this: there are certain continuous bodies, such as a man; there are certain composite bodies,—as ships, houses, and everything which is the result of joining separate parts into one sum total: there are certain others made up of things that are distinct, each member remaining separate—like an army, a populace, or a senate.
For the persons who go to make up such bodies are united by virtue of law or function; but by their nature they are distinct and individual.
Well, what further prefatory remarks do I still wish to make?