On the usefulness of basic principles
95:72
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.
73.
How lamentably do those who covet glory fail to understand what glory is, or in what way it should be sought!
On that day the Roman populace viewed the furniture of many men; it marvelled only at that of one!
The gold and silver of all the others has been broken up and melted down times without number; but Tubero’s earthenware will endure throughout eternity.
Farewell.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the usefulness of basic principles
Location: Chapter 95, Section 72
Content:
73.
How lamentably do those who covet glory fail to understand what glory is, or in what way it should be sought!
On that day the Roman populace viewed the furniture of many men; it marvelled only at that of one!
The gold and silver of all the others has been broken up and melted down times without number; but Tubero’s earthenware will endure throughout eternity.
Farewell.