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In On the Firmness of the Wise Person, Seneca defends the Stoic claim that genuine wisdom cannot be injured or insulted. Addressing Serenus across nineteen sections, he distinguishes bodily or…
View BookIn On Providence, Seneca responds to the question of why good people suffer if the universe is governed by divine order. Across six sections addressed to Lucilius, he argues that…
View BookWritten during Seneca's exile on Corsica, Of Consolation: To Polybius addresses an imperial freedman grieving for his brother. Across eighteen surviving sections, Seneca places personal loss within universal mortality, distinguishes…
View BookBook IV of Epictetus' Discourses examines freedom as mastery of judgement and desire rather than possession of status, wealth or unrestricted circumstances. Across thirteen chapters, Epictetus discusses slavery, familiar relationships,…
View BookBook III of Epictetus' Discourses examines what it means for philosophy to become character. Its twenty-six conversations address appearance, the three disciplines of Stoic training, public conduct, sickness, solitude, friendship,…
View BookBook II of Epictetus' Discourses examines how Stoic principles become reliable conduct. Across twenty-six conversations, Epictetus joins confidence with moral caution, explains tranquillity and indifference, explores duty, anxiety, friendship and…
View BookBook I of Epictetus' Discourses presents Stoic philosophy as a practical training in freedom, judgement and character. Beginning with the distinction between what is and is not within our control,…
View BookIn the first book of On Clemency, Seneca advises the young Emperor Nero that political power becomes admirable only when governed by reason and restraint. Through definitions, historical examples and…
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