On the vanity of place-seeking
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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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People say: “You admit that that which is good is according to nature; for this is its peculiar quality.
You admit, too, that there are other things according to nature, which, however, are not good.
How then can the former be good, and the latter not?
How can there be an alteration in the peculiar quality of a thing, when each has, in common with the other, the special attribute of being in accord with nature?”
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the vanity of place-seeking
Location: Chapter 118, Section 13
Content:
13.
People say: “You admit that that which is good is according to nature; for this is its peculiar quality.
You admit, too, that there are other things according to nature, which, however, are not good.
How then can the former be good, and the latter not?
How can there be an alteration in the peculiar quality of a thing, when each has, in common with the other, the special attribute of being in accord with nature?”