On care of health and peace of mind
104:2
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.
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That is what I remarked to my dear Paulina, who always urges me to take care of my health.
I know that her very life-breath comes and goes with my own, and I am beginning, in my solicitude for her, to be solicitous for myself.
And although old age has made me braver to bear many things, I am gradually losing this boon that old age bestows.
For it comes into my mind that in this old man there is a youth also, and youth needs tenderness.
Therefore, since I cannot prevail upon her to love me any more heroically, she prevails upon me to cherish myself more carefully.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On care of health and peace of mind
Location: Chapter 104, Section 2
Content:
2.
That is what I remarked to my dear Paulina, who always urges me to take care of my health.
I know that her very life-breath comes and goes with my own, and I am beginning, in my solicitude for her, to be solicitous for myself.
And although old age has made me braver to bear many things, I am gradually losing this boon that old age bestows.
For it comes into my mind that in this old man there is a youth also, and youth needs tenderness.
Therefore, since I cannot prevail upon her to love me any more heroically, she prevails upon me to cherish myself more carefully.