On darkness as a veil for wickedness
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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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You ask me how this depravity comes upon the soul—this habit of reversing the daylight and giving over one’s whole existence to the night?
All vices rebel against Nature; they all abandon the appointed order.
It is the motto of luxury to enjoy what is unusual, and not only to depart from that which is right, but to leave it as far behind as possible, and finally even take a stand in opposition thereto.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On darkness as a veil for wickedness
Location: Chapter 122, Section 5
Content:
5.
You ask me how this depravity comes upon the soul—this habit of reversing the daylight and giving over one’s whole existence to the night?
All vices rebel against Nature; they all abandon the appointed order.
It is the motto of luxury to enjoy what is unusual, and not only to depart from that which is right, but to leave it as far behind as possible, and finally even take a stand in opposition thereto.