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.
65.
What drew him into Africa, into the North, against Mithridates, into Armenia and all the corners of Asia?
Assuredly it was his boundless desire to grow bigger; for only in his own eyes was he not great enough.
And what impelled Gaius Caesar to the combined ruin of himself and of the state?
Renown, self-seeking, and the setting no limit to pre-eminence over all other men.
He could not allow a single person to outrank him, although the state allowed two men to stand at its head.
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 65
Content:
65.
What drew him into Africa, into the North, against Mithridates, into Armenia and all the corners of Asia?
Assuredly it was his boundless desire to grow bigger; for only in his own eyes was he not great enough.
And what impelled Gaius Caesar to the combined ruin of himself and of the state?
Renown, self-seeking, and the setting no limit to pre-eminence over all other men.
He could not allow a single person to outrank him, although the state allowed two men to stand at its head.