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.
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Man needs one thing for his food, another for his exercise, another for his clothing, another for his instruction, and another for his pleasure.
Everything, however, has reference to man’s needs, although everything does not make him better.
Character is affected by different things in different ways: some things serve to correct and regulate character, and others investigate its nature and origin.
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 2
Content:
2.
Man needs one thing for his food, another for his exercise, another for his clothing, another for his instruction, and another for his pleasure.
Everything, however, has reference to man’s needs, although everything does not make him better.
Character is affected by different things in different ways: some things serve to correct and regulate character, and others investigate its nature and origin.