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Letter LIII. On the Faults of the Spirit

In letter 53 Seneca uses a personal experience of a sea voyage to affirm that we easily overlook our faults, even those that constantly…

7 min readJul 25, 2021

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Letter LIII. On the Faults of the Spirit

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Letter LII. On Choosing our Teachers

Seneca says that very few men find their way to the truth without anyone’s help, carving their own passage, and that most of us need…

7 min readJul 15, 2021

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Letter LII. On Choosing our Teachers

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Letter LI. On Baiae and Morals — The Stoic Letters

7 min readMay 1, 2021

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Letter LI. On Baiae and Morals — The Stoic Letters

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Letter L. On our Blindness and its Cure

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5 min readMar 27, 2021

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Letter L. On our Blindness and its Cure

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Letter XLIX. On the Shortness of Life

Letter 49 discusses a very relevant theme for Seneca, which he dealt with in depth in his book “On the Shortness of Life“. In this letter…

7 min readMar 12, 2021

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Letter XLIX. On the Shortness of Life

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Letter XLVIII. On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher

In the letter 48, Seneca for the first time sharply criticizes Epicureanism, the antagonistic philosophy toward Stoicism. The central…

8 min readFeb 26, 2021

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Letter XLVIII. On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher

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Letter XLVII. On Master and Slave

In letter 47 Seneca talks about the relationship between master and slave and brings some of his most striking phrases: “No servitude is…

10 min readFeb 20, 2021

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Letter XLVII. On Master and Slave

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Letter: XLVI. On a New Book by Lucilius

Letter 46 is quite particular to Lucilius and contains little actual message. However it is a good example of a laudatory text.

2 min readFeb 20, 2021

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Letter: XLVI. On a New Book by Lucilius

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Letter XLV: On Sophistical Argumentation — The Stoic Letters

In the letter 45 Sêneca talks about the sophist school and defines it as a futile exercise:

7 min readFeb 7, 2021

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Letter XLV: On Sophistical Argumentation — The Stoic Letters

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Letter XLIV. On Philosophy and Pedigrees

The letter 44 is quite significant for the present days where it is common to complain about the “privileges” of others and play the…

4 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Letter XLIV. On Philosophy and Pedigrees

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The Stoic philosophy Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius. Quotes, sayings, and other resources to help to apply Stoicism to your own daily life.

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