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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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Indeed I shall never cease to tickle my mind and to make sport for myself by means of this nice nonsense.

Justice and Bravery, if they are living things, are certainly of the earth.

Now every earthly living thing gets cold or hungry or thirsty; therefore, Justice goes a-cold, Bravery is hungry, and Kindness craves a drink!