"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 which are translated in this volume. ... In these letters, it is impossible to ignore the advance from a somewhat stiff and Ciceronian point of view into the attractive and debatable land of what one may fairly call modern ideas. The style of the Epistles is bold, and so is the thought." (from the Introduction)
Chapters
1 Introduction 15 min 2 On Saving Time 5 min 3 On Discursiveness in Reading 5 min 4 On True and False Friendship 6 min 5 On the Terrors of Death 8 min 6 On the Philosopher's Mean 7 min 7 On Sharing Knowledge 5 min 8 On Crowds 10 min 9 On the Philosopher's Seclusion 8 min 10 On Philosophy and Friendship 17 min 11 On Living to Oneself 4 min 12 On the Blush of Modesty 6 min 13 On Old Age 10 min 14 On Groundless Fears 13 min 15 On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the World 15 min 16 On Brawn and Brains 9 min 17 On Philosophy, the Guide of Life 8 min 18 On Philosophy and Riches 9 min 19 On Festivals and Fasting 10 min 20 On Worldliness and Retirement 11 min 21 On Practising What You Preach 9 min 22 On the Renown Which My Writings Will Bring You 9 min 23 On the Futility of Half-Way Measures 13 min 24 On the True Joy Which Comes from Philosophy 8 min 25 On Despising Death 20 min 26 On Reformation 6 min 27 On Old Age and Death 7 min 28 On the Good Which Abides 7 min 29 On Travel as a Cure for Discontent 7 min 30 On the Critical Condition of Marcellinus 9 min 31 On Conquering the Conqueror 13 min 32 On Siren Songs 11 min 33 On Progress 5 min 34 On the Futility of Learning Maxims 10 min 35 On a Promising Pupil 4 min 36 On the Friendship of Kindred Minds 4 min 37 On the Value of Retirement 10 min 38 On Allegiance to Virtue 5 min 39 On Quiet Conversation 2 min 40 On Noble Aspirations 6 min 41 On the Proper Style for a Philosopher's Discourse 11 min 42 On the God Within Us 8 min 43 On Values 7 min 44 On the Relativity of Fame 3 min 45 On Philosophy and Pedigrees 5 min 46 On Sophistical Argumentation 10 min 47 On a New Book by Lucilius 3 min 48 On Master and Slave 15 min 49 On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher 11 min 50 On the Shortness of Life 10 min 51 On Our Blindness and Its Cure 7 min 52 On Baiae and Morals 11 min 53 On Choosing Our Teachers 10 min 54 On the Faults of the Spirit 9 min 55 On Asthma and Death 6 min 56 On Vatia's Villa 9 min 57 On Quiet and Study 11 min 58 On the Trials of Travel 6 min 59 On Being 26 min 60 On Pleasure and Joy 15 min 61 On Harmful Prayers 3 min 62 On Meeting Death Cheerfully 3 min 63 On Good Company 3 min 64 On Grief for Lost Friends 10 min 65 On the Philosopher's Task 6 min 66 On the First Cause 18 min
