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.
62.
Alexander was hounded into misfortune and dispatched to unknown countries by a mad desire to lay waste other men’s territory.
Do you believe that the man was in his senses who could begin by devastating Greece, the land where he received his education?
One who snatched away the dearest guerdon of each nation, bidding Spartans be slaves, and Athenians hold their tongues?
Not content with the ruin of all the states which Philip had either conquered or bribed into bondage, he overthrew various commonwealths in various places and carried his weapons all over the world; his cruelty was tired, but it never ceased—like a wild beast that tears to pieces more than its hunger demands.
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 62
Content:
62.
Alexander was hounded into misfortune and dispatched to unknown countries by a mad desire to lay waste other men’s territory.
Do you believe that the man was in his senses who could begin by devastating Greece, the land where he received his education?
One who snatched away the dearest guerdon of each nation, bidding Spartans be slaves, and Athenians hold their tongues?
Not content with the ruin of all the states which Philip had either conquered or bribed into bondage, he overthrew various commonwealths in various places and carried his weapons all over the world; his cruelty was tired, but it never ceased—like a wild beast that tears to pieces more than its hunger demands.