On nature as our best provider
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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.
7. “But one possesses too little, if one is merely free from cold and hunger and thirst.” Jupiter himself however, is no better off.
Enough is never too little, and not-enough is never too much.
Alexander was poor even after his conquest of Darius and the Indies.
Am I wrong?
He seeks something which he can really make his own, exploring unknown seas, sending new fleets over the Ocean, and, so to speak, breaking down the very bars of the universe.
But that which is enough for nature, is not enough for man.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On nature as our best provider
Location: Chapter 119, Section 7
Content:
7. “But one possesses too little, if one is merely free from cold and hunger and thirst.” Jupiter himself however, is no better off.
Enough is never too little, and not-enough is never too much.
Alexander was poor even after his conquest of Darius and the Indies.
Am I wrong?
He seeks something which he can really make his own, exploring unknown seas, sending new fleets over the Ocean, and, so to speak, breaking down the very bars of the universe.
But that which is enough for nature, is not enough for man.