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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The soul, men are agreed, is a living thing, because of itself it can make us living things, and because “living things" have derived their name therefrom.
But virtue is nothing else than a soul in a certain condition; therefore it is a living thing.
Again, virtue is active, and no action can take place without impulse.
And if a thing has impulse, it must be a living thing; for none except a living thing possesses impulse.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the vitality of the soul and its attributes
Location: Chapter 113, Section 2
Content:
2.
The soul, men are agreed, is a living thing, because of itself it can make us living things, and because “living things" have derived their name therefrom.
But virtue is nothing else than a soul in a certain condition; therefore it is a living thing.
Again, virtue is active, and no action can take place without impulse.
And if a thing has impulse, it must be a living thing; for none except a living thing possesses impulse.