On the conflict between pleasure and virtue
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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.
17.
You should learn such principles as these, nay rather you should learn them by heart; philosophy ought not to try to explain away vice.
For a sick man, when his physician bids him live recklessly, is doomed beyond recall.
Farewell.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the conflict between pleasure and virtue
Location: Chapter 123, Section 17
Content:
17.
You should learn such principles as these, nay rather you should learn them by heart; philosophy ought not to try to explain away vice.
For a sick man, when his physician bids him live recklessly, is doomed beyond recall.
Farewell.