On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties
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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.
22.
I think nothing is baser than to pray for death.
For if you wish to live, why do you pray for death?
And if you do not wish to live, why do you ask the gods for that which they gave you at birth?
For even as, against your will, it has been settled that you must die some day, so the time when you shall wish to die is in your own hands.
The one fact is to you a necessity, the other a privilege.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties
Location: Chapter 117, Section 22
Content:
22.
I think nothing is baser than to pray for death.
For if you wish to live, why do you pray for death?
And if you do not wish to live, why do you ask the gods for that which they gave you at birth?
For even as, against your will, it has been settled that you must die some day, so the time when you shall wish to die is in your own hands.
The one fact is to you a necessity, the other a privilege.