On instinct in animals
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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.
13.
Everyone of us understands that there is something which stirs his impulses, but he does not know what it is.
He knows that he has a sense of striving, although he does not know what it is or its source.
Thus even children and animals have a consciousness of their primary element, but it is not very clearly outlined or portrayed.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On instinct in animals
Location: Chapter 121, Section 13
Content:
13.
Everyone of us understands that there is something which stirs his impulses, but he does not know what it is.
He knows that he has a sense of striving, although he does not know what it is or its source.
Thus even children and animals have a consciousness of their primary element, but it is not very clearly outlined or portrayed.