Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency

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Author

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, 5? BCE-65

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E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion

Subject

Conduct of life

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56075

Release Date

November 28, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SENECA’S MORALS OF A HAPPY LIFE, BENEFITS, ANGER AND CLEMENCY.
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.TO THE READER.
5. 5.OF SENECA’S WRITINGS.
6. 6.SENECA’S LIFE AND DEATH.
7. 7.SENECA OF BENEFITS. — CHAPTER I. OF BENEFITS IN GENERAL. — CHAPTER II. SEVERAL SORTS OF BENEFITS.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. A SON MAY OBLIGE HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. IT IS THE INTENTION, NOT THE MATTER, THAT MAKES THE BENEFIT.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. THERE MUST BE JUDGMENT IN A BENEFIT, AS WELL AS MATTER AND INTENTION; AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHOICE OF THE PERSON.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE MATTER OF OBLIGATIONS, WITH ITS CIRCUMSTANCES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE MANNER OF OBLIGING.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE DIFFERENCE AND VALUE OF BENEFITS.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. AN HONEST MAN CANNOT BE OUTDONE IN COURTESY.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE QUESTION DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT A MAN MAY GIVE OR RETURN A BENEFIT TO HIMSELF?
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. HOW FAR ONE MAN MAY BE OBLIGED FOR A BENEFIT DONE TO ANOTHER.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE BENEFACTOR MUST HAVE NO BY-ENDS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THERE ARE MANY CASES WHEREIN A MAN MAY BE MINDED OF A BENEFIT, BUT IT IS VERY RARELY TO BE CHALLENGED, AND NEVER TO BE UPBRAIDED.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. HOW FAR TO OBLIGE OR REQUITE A WICKED MAN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARTS AND DUTIES OF THE BENEFACTOR.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE RECEIVER OUGHT TO BEHAVE HIMSELF.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. OF GRATITUDE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. GRATITUDE MISTAKEN.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. OF INGRATITUDE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THERE CAN BE NO LAW AGAINST INGRATITUDE.
26. 26.SENECA OF A HAPPY LIFE. — CHAPTER I. OF A HAPPY LIFE, AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS.
27. 27.CHAPTER II. HUMAN HAPPINESS IS FOUNDED UPON WISDOM AND VIRTUE; AND FIRST, OF WISDOM.
28. 28.CHAPTER III. THERE CAN BE NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT VIRTUE.
29. 29.CHAPTER IV. PHILOSOPHY IS THE GUIDE OF LIFE.
30. 30.CHAPTER V. THE FORCE OF PRECEPTS.
31. 31.CHAPTER VI. NO FELICITY LIKE PEACE OF CONSCIENCE.
32. 32.CHAPTER VII. A GOOD MAN CAN NEVER BE MISERABLE, NOR A WICKED MAN HAPPY.
33. 33.CHAPTER VIII. THE DUE CONTEMPLATION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE CERTAIN CURE OF ALL MISFORTUNES.
34. 34.CHAPTER IX. OF LEVITY OF MIND, AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS OF A HAPPY LIFE.
35. 35.CHAPTER X. HE THAT SETS UP HIS REST UPON CONTINGENCIES SHALL NEVER BE QUIET.
36. 36.CHAPTER XI. A SENSUAL LIFE IS A MISERABLE LIFE.
37. 37.CHAPTER XII. AVARICE AND AMBITION ARE INSATIABLE AND RESTLESS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XIII. HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE BANE OF HUMAN LIFE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XIV. IT IS ACCORDING TO THE TRUE OR FALSE ESTIMATE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE HAPPY OR MISERABLE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XV. THE BLESSINGS OF TEMPERANCE AND MODERATION.
41. 41.CHAPTER XVI. CONSTANCY OF MIND GIVES A MAN REPUTATION, AND MAKES HIM HAPPY IN DESPITE OF ALL MISFORTUNE.
42. 42.CHAPTER XVII. OUR HAPPINESS DEPENDS IN A GREAT MEASURE UPON THE CHOICE OF OUR COMPANY.
43. 43.CHAPTER XVIII. THE BLESSINGS OF FRIENDSHIP.
44. 44.CHAPTER XIX. HE THAT WOULD BE HAPPY MUST TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TIME.
45. 45.CHAPTER XX. HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT MAY CHOOSE HIS OWN BUSINESS.
46. 46.CHAPTER XXI. THE CONTEMPT OF DEATH MAKES ALL THE MISERIES OF LIFE EASY TO US.
47. 47.CHAPTER XXII. CONSOLATIONS AGAINST DEATH, FROM THE PROVIDENCE AND THE NECESSITY OF IT.
48. 48.CHAPTER XXIII. AGAINST IMMODERATE SORROW FOR THE DEATH OF FRIENDS.
49. 49.CHAPTER XXIV. CONSOLATION AGAINST BANISHMENT AND BODILY PAIN.
50. 50.CHAPTER XXV. POVERTY TO A WISE MAN IS RATHER A BLESSING THAN A MISFORTUNE.
51. 51.SENECA OF ANGER. — CHAPTER I. ANGER DESCRIBED, IT IS AGAINST NATURE, AND ONLY TO BE FOUND IN MAN.
52. 52.CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF ANGER.
53. 53.CHAPTER III. ANGER MAY BE SUPPRESSED.
54. 54.CHAPTER IV. IT IS A SHORT MADNESS, AND A DEFORMED VICE.
55. 55.CHAPTER V. ANGER IS NEITHER WARRANTABLE NOR USEFUL.
56. 56.CHAPTER VI. ANGER IN GENERAL, WITH THE DANGER AND EFFECTS OF IT.
57. 57.CHAPTER VII. THE ORDINARY GROUNDS AND OCCASIONS OF ANGER.
58. 58.CHAPTER VIII. ADVICE IN THE CASES OF CONTUMELY AND REVENGE.
59. 59.CHAPTER IX. CAUTIONS AGAINST ANGER IN THE MATTER OF EDUCATION, CONVERSE, AND OTHER GENERAL RULES OF PREVENTING IT, BOTH IN OURSELVES AND OTHERS.
60. 60.CHAPTER X. AGAINST RASH JUDGMENT.
61. 61.CHAPTER XI. TAKE NOTHING ILL FROM ANOTHER MAN, UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE IT YOUR OWN CASE.
62. 62.CHAPTER XII. OF CRUELTY.
63. 63.SENECA OF CLEMENCY. — Transcriber's Note

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