On obedience to the universal will
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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.
9.
It is to this law that our souls must adjust themselves, this they should follow, this they should obey.
Whatever happens, assume that it was bound to happen, and do not be willing to rail at Nature.
That which you cannot reform, it is best to endure, and to attend uncomplainingly upon the God under whose guidance everything progresses; for it is a bad soldier who grumbles when following his commander.
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 9
Content:
9.
It is to this law that our souls must adjust themselves, this they should follow, this they should obey.
Whatever happens, assume that it was bound to happen, and do not be willing to rail at Nature.
That which you cannot reform, it is best to endure, and to attend uncomplainingly upon the God under whose guidance everything progresses; for it is a bad soldier who grumbles when following his commander.