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.
30.
Let us rush past all this clever nonsense, and hurry on to that which will bring us real assistance.
No man who is anxiously running after a midwife for his daughter in her birth-pangs will stop to read the praetor’s edict or the order of events at the games.
No one who is speeding to save his burning house will scan a checker-board to speculate how the imprisoned piece can be freed.
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 30
Content:
30.
Let us rush past all this clever nonsense, and hurry on to that which will bring us real assistance.
No man who is anxiously running after a midwife for his daughter in her birth-pangs will stop to read the praetor’s edict or the order of events at the games.
No one who is speeding to save his burning house will scan a checker-board to speculate how the imprisoned piece can be freed.