38. On Natural Habits and Weaknesses
On Natural Habits and Weaknesses XI. On the Blush of Modesty 1. Your friend and I have had a conversation. He is a man of ability; his very first words showed what spirit and understanding he possesses, and what progress he has already made. He gave me a foretaste, and he will not fail to answer […]
6. Seneca’s Daily Learning Habit
Seneca’s Daily Learning Habit Epistle II: On Discursiveness in Reading 1. Judging by what you write me, and by what I hear, I am forming a good opinion regarding your future. You do not run hither and thither and distract yourself by changing your abode; for such restlessness is the sign of a disordered spirit. The […]
