On the value of advice
94:35
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.
35. “Precepts,” it is said “are numberless.” Wrong again!
For they are not numberless so far as concerns important and essential things.
Of course there are slight distinctions, due to the time, or the place, or the person; but even in these cases, precepts are given which have a general application.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the value of advice
Location: Chapter 94, Section 35
Content:
35. “Precepts,” it is said “are numberless.” Wrong again!
For they are not numberless so far as concerns important and essential things.
Of course there are slight distinctions, due to the time, or the place, or the person; but even in these cases, precepts are given which have a general application.