- 1To the Reader
- 2Of Seneca’s Writings
- 3Seneca’s Life and Death
- 4Seneca of Benefits
- 5Chapter II — Several Sorts of Benefits
- 6Chapter III — A Son May Oblige His Father, and a Servant His Master
- 7Chapter IV — It Is the Intention, Not the Matter, That Makes the Be…
- 8Chapter V — There Must Be Judgment in a Benefit, as Well as Matter…
- 9Chapter VI — The Matter of Obligations, With Its Circumstances
- 10Chapter VII — The Manner of Obliging
- 11Chapter VIII — The Difference and Value of Benefits
- 12Chapter IX — An Honest Man Cannot Be Outdone in Courtesy
- 13Chapter X — The Question Discussed, Whether or Not a Man May Give o…
- 14Chapter XI — How Far One Man May Be Obliged for a Benefit Done to A…
- 15Chapter XII — The Benefactor Must Have No By-Ends
- 16Chapter XIII — There Are Many Cases Wherein a Man May Be Minded of…
- 17Chapter XIV — How Far to Oblige or Requite a Wicked Man
- 18Chapter XV — A General View of the Parts and Duties of the Benefactor
- 19Chapter XVI — How the Receiver Ought to Behave Himself
- 20Chapter XVII — Of Gratitude
- 21Chapter XVIII — Gratitude Mistaken
- 22Chapter XIX — Of Ingratitude
- 23Chapter XX — There Can Be No Law Against Ingratitude
- 24Seneca of a Happy Life
- 25Chapter II — Human Happiness Is Founded Upon Wisdom and Virtue; and…
- 26Chapter III — There Can Be No Happiness Without Virtue
- 27Chapter IV — Philosophy Is the Guide of Life
- 28Chapter V — The Force of Precepts
- 29Chapter VI — No Felicity Like Peace of Conscience
- 30Chapter VII — A Good Man Can Never Be Miserable, nor a Wicked Man H…
- 31Chapter VIII — The Due Contemplation of Divine Providence Is the Ce…
- 32Chapter IX — Of Levity of Mind, and Other Impediments of a Happy Life
- 33Chapter X — He That Sets Up His Rest Upon Contingencies Shall Never…
- 34Chapter XI — A Sensual Life Is a Miserable Life
- 35Chapter XII — Avarice and Ambition Are Insatiable and Restless
- 36Chapter XIII — Hope and Fear Are the Bane of Human Life
- 37Chapter XIV — It Is According to the True or False Estimate of Thin…
- 38Chapter XV — The Blessings of Temperance and Moderation
- 39Chapter XVI — Constancy of Mind Gives a Man Reputation, and Makes H…
- 40Chapter XVII — Our Happiness Depends in a Great Measure Upon the Ch…
- 41Chapter XVIII — The Blessings of Friendship
- 42Chapter XIX — He That Would Be Happy Must Take an Account of His Time
- 43Chapter XX — Happy Is the Man That May Choose His Own Business
- 44Chapter XXI — The Contempt of Death Makes All the Miseries of Life…
- 45Chapter XXII — Consolations Against Death, From the Providence and…
- 46Chapter XXIII — Against Immoderate Sorrow for the Death of Friends
- 47Chapter XXIV — Consolation Against Banishment and Bodily Pain
- 48Chapter XXV — Poverty to a Wise Man Is Rather a Blessing Than a Mis…
- 49Seneca of Anger
- 50Chapter II — The Rise of Anger
- 51Chapter III — Anger May Be Suppressed
- 52Chapter IV — It Is a Short Madness, and a Deformed Vice
- 53Chapter V — Anger Is Neither Warrantable nor Useful
- 54Chapter VI — Anger in General, With the Danger and Effects of It
- 55Chapter VII — The Ordinary Grounds and Occasions of Anger
- 56Chapter VIII — Advice in the Cases of Contumely and Revenge
- 57Chapter IX — Cautions Against Anger in the Matter of Education, Con…
- 58Chapter X — Against Rash Judgment
- 59Chapter XI — Take Nothing Ill From Another Man, Until You Have Made…
- 60Chapter XII — Of Cruelty
- 61Seneca of Clemency
Seneca’s Morals
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