On obedience to the universal will
107:7
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.
Winter brings on cold weather; and we must shiver.
Summer returns, with its heat; and we must sweat.
Unseasonable weather upsets the health; and we must fall ill.
In certain places we may meet with wild beasts, or with men who are more destructive than any beasts.
Floods, or fires, will cause us loss.
And we cannot change this order of things; but what we can do is to acquire stout hearts, worthy of good men, thereby courageously enduring chance and placing ourselves in harmony with Nature.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On obedience to the universal will
Location: Chapter 107, Section 7
Content:
7.
Winter brings on cold weather; and we must shiver.
Summer returns, with its heat; and we must sweat.
Unseasonable weather upsets the health; and we must fall ill.
In certain places we may meet with wild beasts, or with men who are more destructive than any beasts.
Floods, or fires, will cause us loss.
And we cannot change this order of things; but what we can do is to acquire stout hearts, worthy of good men, thereby courageously enduring chance and placing ourselves in harmony with Nature.