On style as a mirror of character
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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.
19.
Again, Sallust said: aquis hiemantibus.
Arruntius, in his first book on the Punic War, uses the words: repente hiemavit tempestas.
And elsewhere, wishing to describe an exceptionally cold year, he says: totus hiemavit annus.
And in another passage: inde sexaginta onerarias leves praeter militem et necessarios nautarum hiemante aquilone misit; and he continues to bolster many passages with this metaphor.
In a certain place, Sallust gives the words: inter arma civilia aequi bonique famas petit; and Arruntius cannot restrain himself from mentioning at once, in the first book, that there were extensive “reminders” concerning Regulus.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On style as a mirror of character
Location: Chapter 114, Section 19
Content:
19.
Again, Sallust said: aquis hiemantibus.
Arruntius, in his first book on the Punic War, uses the words: repente hiemavit tempestas.
And elsewhere, wishing to describe an exceptionally cold year, he says: totus hiemavit annus.
And in another passage: inde sexaginta onerarias leves praeter militem et necessarios nautarum hiemante aquilone misit; and he continues to bolster many passages with this metaphor.
In a certain place, Sallust gives the words: inter arma civilia aequi bonique famas petit; and Arruntius cannot restrain himself from mentioning at once, in the first book, that there were extensive “reminders” concerning Regulus.