On the dangers of association with our fellow-men
103:1
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.
1.
Why are you looking about for troubles which may perhaps come your way, but which may indeed not come your way at all?
I mean fires, falling buildings, and other accidents of the sort that are mere events rather than plots against us.
Rather beware and shun those troubles which dog our steps and reach out their hands against us.
Accidents, though they may be serious, are few—such as being shipwrecked or thrown from one’s carriage; but it is from his fellow-man that a man’s everyday danger comes.
Equip yourself against that; watch that with an attentive eye.
There is no evil more frequent, no evil more persistent, no evil more insinuating.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the dangers of association with our fellow-men
Location: Chapter 103, Section 1
Content:
1.
Why are you looking about for troubles which may perhaps come your way, but which may indeed not come your way at all?
I mean fires, falling buildings, and other accidents of the sort that are mere events rather than plots against us.
Rather beware and shun those troubles which dog our steps and reach out their hands against us.
Accidents, though they may be serious, are few—such as being shipwrecked or thrown from one’s carriage; but it is from his fellow-man that a man’s everyday danger comes.
Equip yourself against that; watch that with an attentive eye.
There is no evil more frequent, no evil more persistent, no evil more insinuating.