Exploring the works of a true Stoic teacher & practitioner
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“Ignorance is the cause of fear.” – Seneca
Explorations into the works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca – a true Stoic teacher and practitioner.
“What then?” you say; “should not philosophy sometimes take a loftier tone?” Of course she should; but dignity of character should be preserved, and this is stripped away by such violent and excessive force. Let philosophy possess great forces, but kept well under control; let her stream flow unceasingly, but
Hasten, therefore, in order that, while thus perfecting yourself for my benefit, you may not have learned perfection for the benefit of another.
I grow in spirit and leap for joy and shake off my years and my blood runs warm again, whenever I understand, from your actions and your letters, how far you have outdone yourself; for as to the ordinary man, you left him in the rear long ago.
However, the truth will never be discovered if we rest contented with discoveries already made.
Therefore, you need not call upon me for extracts and quotations; such thoughts as one may extract here and there in the works of other philosophers run through the whole body of our writings.
This is sound practice, – to refrain from associating with men of different stamp and different aims.
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