On the approaches to philosophy
108:17
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.
17.
Inasmuch as I have begun to explain to you how much greater was my impulse to approach philosophy in my youth than to continue it in my old age, I shall not be ashamed to tell you what ardent zeal Pythagoras inspired in me.
Sotion used to tell me why Pythagoras abstained from animal food, and why, in later times, Sextius did also.
In each case, the reason was different, but it was in each case a noble reason.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the approaches to philosophy
Location: Chapter 108, Section 17
Content:
17.
Inasmuch as I have begun to explain to you how much greater was my impulse to approach philosophy in my youth than to continue it in my old age, I shall not be ashamed to tell you what ardent zeal Pythagoras inspired in me.
Sotion used to tell me why Pythagoras abstained from animal food, and why, in later times, Sextius did also.
In each case, the reason was different, but it was in each case a noble reason.