On the degeneracy of the age
97:11
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.
11.
The pilot is not glad when his ship is thrown on her beam-ends; the physician is not glad when he buries his patient; the orator is not glad when the defendant loses a case through the fault of his advocate; but on the other hand every man enjoys his own crimes.
A. delights in an intrigue—for it was the very difficulty which attracted him thereto.
B. delights in forgery and theft, and is only displeased with his sin when his sin has failed to hit the mark.
And all this is the result of perverted habits.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the degeneracy of the age
Location: Chapter 97, Section 11
Content:
11.
The pilot is not glad when his ship is thrown on her beam-ends; the physician is not glad when he buries his patient; the orator is not glad when the defendant loses a case through the fault of his advocate; but on the other hand every man enjoys his own crimes.
A. delights in an intrigue—for it was the very difficulty which attracted him thereto.
B. delights in forgery and theft, and is only displeased with his sin when his sin has failed to hit the mark.
And all this is the result of perverted habits.