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.
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:
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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.