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Moral Letters Vol III

Seneca

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On the vitality of the soul and its attributes

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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.

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Several living things cannot have one body; this is admitted by our very opponents.

Now what is the “body” of justice? “The soul,” they admit.

And of bravery? “The soul also.” And yet there cannot be one body of two living things.