On the dangers of association with our fellow-men
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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.
5.
But this very philosophy must never be vaunted by you; for philosophy when employed with insolence and arrogance has been perilous to many.
Let her strip off your faults, rather than assist you to decry the faults of others.
Let her not hold aloof from the customs of mankind, nor make it her business to condemn whatever she herself does not do.
A man may be wise without parade and without arousing enmity.
Farewell.
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 5
Content:
5.
But this very philosophy must never be vaunted by you; for philosophy when employed with insolence and arrogance has been perilous to many.
Let her strip off your faults, rather than assist you to decry the faults of others.
Let her not hold aloof from the customs of mankind, nor make it her business to condemn whatever she herself does not do.
A man may be wise without parade and without arousing enmity.
Farewell.