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.
29.
I hope some day to be wise, but meanwhile I am not wise.
For if I possessed that Good, I should now be free from this Evil.
Some day I shall be wise; from this very fact you may understand that I am not yet wise.
I cannot at the same time live in that state of Good and in this state of Evil; the two ideas do not harmonize, nor do Evil and Good exist together in the same person.
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 29
Content:
29.
I hope some day to be wise, but meanwhile I am not wise.
For if I possessed that Good, I should now be free from this Evil.
Some day I shall be wise; from this very fact you may understand that I am not yet wise.
I cannot at the same time live in that state of Good and in this state of Evil; the two ideas do not harmonize, nor do Evil and Good exist together in the same person.