Donald Robertson - Letters from a Stoic

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2 TITLE PAGE LETTERS FROM A STOIC The Ancient Classic SENECA With an Introduction by DONALD ROBERTSON

3 COPYRIGHT

4 AN INTRODUCTIONBY DONALD ROBERTSON THE SENECA ENIGMA SENECA'S FAMILY EDUCATION AND INFLUENCES CAREER AT ROME EXILE RETURN THE REIGN OF NERO MURDER OF BRITANNICUS SUPER-RICH SENECA MURDER OF AGRIPPINA LEAVING NERO ENDGAME: THE PISONIAN CONSPIRACY THE MORAL LETTERS EPICUREANISM VS STOICISM FURTHER READING NOTE ON THE TEXT

5 ABOUT DONALD ROBERTSON

6 ABOUT TOM BUTLER-BOWDON

7 CHAPTER ONE: ON THE USE OF TIME

8 CHAPTER TWO: ON DISCURSIVENESS IN READING NOTE

9 CHAPTER THREE: ON TRUE AND FALSE FRIENDSHIP NOTES

10 CHAPTER FOUR: ON THE TERRORS OF DEATH NOTES

11 CHAPTER FIVE: ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S MEAN NOTE

12 CHAPTER SIX: ON SHARING KNOWLEDGE

13 CHAPTER SEVEN: ON CROWDS NOTES

14 CHAPTER EIGHT: ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S SECLUSION NOTES

15 CHAPTER NINE: ON PHILOSOPHY AND FRIENDSHIP NOTES

16 CHAPTER TEN: ON LIVING TO ONESELF

17 CHAPTER ELEVEN: ON THE BLUSH OF MODESTY NOTE

18 CHAPTER TWELVE: ON OLD AGE NOTES

19 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: ON GROUNDLESS FEARS NOTES

20 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ON THE REASONS FOR WITHDRAWING FROM THE WORLD NOTES

21 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: ON BRAWN AND BRAINS NOTES

22 CHAPTER SIXTEEN: ON PHILOSOPHY, THE GUIDE OF LIFE NOTE

23 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: ON PHILOSOPHY AND RICHES NOTE

24 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: ON FESTIVALS AND FASTING NOTES

25 CHAPTER NINETEEN: ON WORLDLINESS AND RETIREMENT NOTES

26 CHAPTER TWENTY: ON PRACTISING WHAT YOU PREACH

27 CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: ON THE RENOWN WHICH MY WRITINGS MAY BRING YOU NOTES

28 CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: ON THE FUTILITY OF HALF-WAY MEASURES NOTES

29 CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: ON THE TRUE JOY WHICH COMES FROM PHILOSOPHY NOTES

30 CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: ON DESPISING DEATH NOTES

31 CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: ON REFORMATION NOTES

32 CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: ON OLD AGE AND DEATH NOTES

33 CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: ON THE GOOD WHICH ABIDES NOTES

34 CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT: ON TRAVEL AS A CURE FOR DISCONTENT NOTES

35 CHAPTER TWENTY NINE: ON THE CRITICAL CONDITION OF MARCELLINUS NOTES

36 CHAPTER THIRTY: ON CONQUERING THE CONQUEROR NOTES

37 CHAPTER THIRTY ONE: ON SIREN SONGS NOTES

38 CHAPTER THIRTY TWO: ON PROGRESS

39 CHAPTER THIRTY THREE: ON THE FUTILITY OF LEARNING MAXIMS NOTES

40 CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR: ON A PROMISING PUPIL NOTES

41 CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE: ON THE FRIENDSHIP OF KINDRED MINDS

42 CHAPTER THIRTY SIX: ON THE VALUE OF RETIREMENT NOTES

43 CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN: ON ALLEGIANCE TO VIRTUE NOTES

44 CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT: ON QUIET CONVERSATION

45 CHAPTER THIRTY NINE: ON NOBLE ASPIRATIONS NOTES

46 CHAPTER FORTY: ON THE PROPER STYLE FOR A PHILOSOPHER'S DISCOURSE NOTES

47 CHAPTER FORTY ONE: ON THE GOD WITHIN US NOTES

48 CHAPTER FORTY TWO: ON VALUES

49 CHAPTER FORTY THREE: ON THE RELATIVITY OF FAME NOTES

50 CHAPTER FORTY FOUR: ON PHILOSOPHY AND PEDIGREES NOTES

51 CHAPTER FORTY FIVE: ON SOPHISTICAL ARGUMENTATION NOTE

52 CHAPTER FORTY SIX: ON A NEW BOOK BY LUCILIUS

53 CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN: ON MASTER AND SLAVE NOTES

54 CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT: ON QUIBBLING AS UNWORTHY OF THE PHILOSOPHER NOTES

55 CHAPTER FORTY NINE: ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE NOTES

56 CHAPTER FIFTY: ON OUR BLINDNESS AND ITS CURE

57 CHAPTER FIFTY ONE: ON BAIAE AND MORALS NOTES

58 CHAPTER FIFTY TWO: ON CHOOSING OUR TEACHERS NOTES

59 CHAPTER FIFTY THREE: ON THE FAULTS OF THE SPIRIT NOTES

60 CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR: ON ASTHMA AND DEATH NOTES

61 CHAPTER FIFTY FIVE: ON VATIA'S VILLA NOTES

62 CHAPTER FIFTY SIX: ON QUIET AND STUDY NOTES

63 CHAPTER FIFTY SEVEN: ON THE TRIALS OF TRAVEL NOTES

64 CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT: ON BEING NOTES

65 CHAPTER FIFTY NINE: ON PLEASURE AND JOY NOTES

66 CHAPTER SIXTY: ON HARMFUL PRAYERS NOTES

67 CHAPTER SIXTY ONE: ON MEETING DEATH CHEERFULLY

68 CHAPTER SIXTY TWO: ON GOOD COMPANY NOTES

69 CHAPTER SIXTY THREE: ON GRIEF FOR LOST FRIENDS NOTES

70 CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR: ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S TASK NOTES

71 CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE: ON THE FIRST CAUSE NOTES

72 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

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