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Tables of Contents for Seneca's Moral Epistles
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Introduction
xi
Seneca's Life and Work
xi
Seneca's Philosophy
xv
Seneca's Style
xix
Historical Chronology
xxv
Chronology of Seneca's Extant Works
xxvii
Selected Bibliography in English
xxix
Note to Readers
xxxi
TEXT: SELECTED EPISTLES
1
172
Epistle One: The Value of Time
2
2
Epistle Two: He is Nowhere Who Is Everywhere
4
2
Epistle Three: On Friendship
6
2
Epistle Five: The Golden Mean
8
4
Epistle Six: The Joy of Sharing One's Possessions with One's Friends
12
2
Epistle Seven: Avoid the Crowd
14
6
Epistle Eleven: Wisdom Unable to Suppress Natural Emotions
20
4
Epistle Twelve: The Advantages of Old Age
24
4
Epistle Fifteen: Against Strenuous Physical Exercise
28
4
Epistle Sixteen: Philosophy: Life's Guide
32
4
Epistle Eighteen: On Practicing Poverty
36
6
Epistle Twenty-one: A Lasting Monument
42
4
Epistle Twenty-three: True Joy Is a Stern Matter
46
4
Epistle Twenty-seven: Virtue Alone Gives Everlasting Joy
50
4
Epistle Twenty-eight: Travel Cannot Cure the Soul's Maladies
54
4
Epistle Thirty-four: The Teacher's Joy at His Pupil's Success
58
2
Epistle Thirty-seven: Soldiering toward the Good Life
60
2
Epistle Thirty-eight: The Intimacy and Value of Conversation
62
2
Epistle Forty-one: God within You
64
4
Epistle Forty-two: The Rarity of the Vir Bonus
68
4
Epistle Forty-three: No Escape from One's Own Conscience
72
2
Epistle Forty-four: Philosophy Never Looks to Pedigrees
74
2
Epistle Forty-seven: Not Slaves, but Fellow Slaves
76
8
Epistle Fifty: Becoming Better Daily
84
4
Epistle Fifty-one: Baiae and Vice
88
4
Epistle Fifty-two: Man Needs a Moral Guide
92
6
Epistle Fifty-three: Tossed upon Land and Sea
98
4
Epistle Fifty-four: On Sickness and Death
102
2
Epistle Fifty-six: The Philosopher in the Bathhouse
104
6
Epistle Sixty: Man's Supplication for Affliction
110
2
Epistle Sixty-one: Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last
112
2
Epistle Sixty-two: Scorn Riches: Seize the Wealth of the Ages
114
2
Epistle Sixty-three: The Moderation of Grief
116
6
Epistle Seventy-two: The Priority of Philosophy
122
4
Epistle Eighty: Virtue Is within the Reach of Those Who Wish It
126
4
Epistle Eighty-four: On Integrating Knowledge
130
6
Epistle Ninety: Wisdom, Skill, and the Golden Age
136
20
Epistle Ninety-six: On Paying the Manly Tribute to Life
156
2
Epistle One Hundred Twelve: The Intransigence of Vice
158
2
Epistle One Hundred Fourteen: Style is the Man
160
13
Vocabulary
173