On the vanity of place-seeking
118:14
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.
14.
Surely because of its magnitude.
It is no new idea that certain objects change as they grow.
A person, once a child, becomes a youth; his peculiar quality is transformed; for the child could not reason, but the youth possesses reason.
Certain things not only grow in size as they develop, but grow into something else.
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 14
Content:
14.
Surely because of its magnitude.
It is no new idea that certain objects change as they grow.
A person, once a child, becomes a youth; his peculiar quality is transformed; for the child could not reason, but the youth possesses reason.
Certain things not only grow in size as they develop, but grow into something else.