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Moral Letters Vol III

Seneca

§ Section 6

On care of health and peace of mind

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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.

6.

So you are curious to know the outcome of this prescription of travel?

As soon as I escaped from the oppressive atmosphere of the city, and from that awful odour of reeking kitchens which, when in use, pour forth a ruinous mess of steam and soot, I perceived at once that my health was mending.

And how much stronger do you think I felt when I reached my vineyards!

Being, so to speak, let out to pasture, I regularly walked into my meals!

So I am my old self again, feeling now no wavering languor in my system, and no sluggishness in my brain.

I am beginning to work with all my energy.