On true and false riches
110:15
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.
15.
What else is this, I said to myself, than a stirring-up of man’s cravings, which are in themselves provocative of lust?
What is the meaning of all this display of money?
Did we gather merely to learn what greed was?
For my own part I left the place with less craving than I had when I entered.
I came to despise riches, not because of their uselessness, but because of their pettiness.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On true and false riches
Location: Chapter 110, Section 15
Content:
15.
What else is this, I said to myself, than a stirring-up of man’s cravings, which are in themselves provocative of lust?
What is the meaning of all this display of money?
Did we gather merely to learn what greed was?
For my own part I left the place with less craving than I had when I entered.
I came to despise riches, not because of their uselessness, but because of their pettiness.