On the intimations of our immortality
102:7
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.
7.
Simply this: we believe that nothing is a good, if it be composed of things that are distinct.
For a single good should be checked and controlled by a single soul; and the essential quality of each single good should be single.
This can be proved of itself whenever you desire; in the meanwhile, however, it had to be laid aside, because our own weapons are being hurled at us.
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 7
Content:
7.
Simply this: we believe that nothing is a good, if it be composed of things that are distinct.
For a single good should be checked and controlled by a single soul; and the essential quality of each single good should be single.
This can be proved of itself whenever you desire; in the meanwhile, however, it had to be laid aside, because our own weapons are being hurled at us.