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Moral Letters Vol III

Seneca

§ Section 42

On the value of advice

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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.

42. “What is the point of this remark?” you ask.

It is, that good precepts, often welcomed within you, will benefit you just as much as good examples.

Pythagoras declares that our souls experience a change when we enter a temple and behold the images of the gods face to face, and await the utterances of an oracle.