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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Do you not believe that men live contrary to Nature who exchange the fashion of their attire with women?
Do not men live contrary to Nature who endeavour to look fresh and boyish at an age unsuitable for such an attempt?
What could be more cruel or more wretched?
Cannot time and man’s estate ever carry such a person beyond an artificial boyhood?
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 7
Content:
7.
Do you not believe that men live contrary to Nature who exchange the fashion of their attire with women?
Do not men live contrary to Nature who endeavour to look fresh and boyish at an age unsuitable for such an attempt?
What could be more cruel or more wretched?
Cannot time and man’s estate ever carry such a person beyond an artificial boyhood?