On the degeneracy of the age
97:5
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.
5.
It is superfluous to be shocked at the bribe; the additions to the bribe were worse. “Will you have the wife of that prig, A.?
Very good.
Or of B., the millionaire?
I will guarantee that you shall lie with her.
If you fail to commit adultery, condemn Clodius.
That beauty whom you desire shall visit you.
I assure you a night in that woman’s company without delay; my promise shall be carried out faithfully within the legal time of postponement.” It means more to parcel out such crimes than to commit them; it means blackmailing dignified matrons.
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 5
Content:
5.
It is superfluous to be shocked at the bribe; the additions to the bribe were worse. “Will you have the wife of that prig, A.?
Very good.
Or of B., the millionaire?
I will guarantee that you shall lie with her.
If you fail to commit adultery, condemn Clodius.
That beauty whom you desire shall visit you.
I assure you a night in that woman’s company without delay; my promise shall be carried out faithfully within the legal time of postponement.” It means more to parcel out such crimes than to commit them; it means blackmailing dignified matrons.