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Moral Letters, Vol. II

This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to the readers of to-day such dramatic interest as does Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the author of the Epistles. These letters, written by Seneca towards the end of his life, are all addressed to his friend Lucilius, who, at the time when these letters were written, was a procurator in Sicily. The form of this work, as Bacon says, is a collection of essays rather than of letters. Summary paraphrased from the Introduction in Volume 1 by Suprad. (8 hr 31 min)

Chapters

Letter 66. On Various Aspects of Virtue

Letter 67. On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering

Letter 68. On Wisdom and Retirement

Letter 69. On Rest and Restlessness

Letter 70. On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable

Letter 71. On the Supreme Good

Letter 72. On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy

Letter 73. On Philosophers and Kings

Letter 74. On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions

Letter 75. On the Diseases of the Soul

Letter 76. On Learning Wisdom in Old Age

Letter 77. On Taking One’s Own Life

Letter 78. On the Healing Power of the Mind

Letter 79. On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery

Letter 80. On Worldly Deceptions

Letter 81. On Benefits

Letter 82. On the Natural Fear of Death

Letter 83. On Drunkenness

Letter 84. On Gathering Ideas

Letter 85. On Some Vain Syllogisms

Letter 86. On Scipio’s Villa

Letter 87. Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life

Letter 88. On Liberal and Vocational Studies

Letter 89. On the Parts of Philosophy

Letter 90. On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man

Letter 91. On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons

Letter 92. On the Happy Life