On true and false riches
110:5
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.
5.
But why do I confine the scope of this evil?
There is no reason why you should suppose that anything is to be feared.
All these things which stir us and keep us a-flutter, are empty things.
None of us has sifted out the truth; we have passed fear on to one another; none has dared to approach the object which caused his dread, and to understand the nature of his fear—aye, the good behind it.
That is why falsehood and vanity still gain credit—because they are not refuted.
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 5
Content:
5.
But why do I confine the scope of this evil?
There is no reason why you should suppose that anything is to be feared.
All these things which stir us and keep us a-flutter, are empty things.
None of us has sifted out the truth; we have passed fear on to one another; none has dared to approach the object which caused his dread, and to understand the nature of his fear—aye, the good behind it.
That is why falsehood and vanity still gain credit—because they are not refuted.