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    Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind
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    The ninth essay from Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

    The work opens with Serenus asking Seneca for counsel, and this request for help takes the form of a medical consultation. Serenus explains that he feels agitated and in a state of unstable immobility, "As if I were on a boat that doesn't move forward and is tossed about." Seneca uses the dialogue to address an issue that cropped up many times in his life: the desire for a life of contemplation and the need for active political engagement. Seneca argues that the goal of a tranquil mind can be achieved by being flexible and seeking a middle way between the two extremes.

    Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox Stoica

    Seneca's Essays Series:

    1. Of providence—addressed to Lucilius

    2. On the Firmness of the Wise Man—addressed to Serenus

    3-5. Of Anger (Books 1-3)—addressed to his brother Novatus

    6. Of Consolation—addressed to Marcia

    7. Of a Happy Life—addressed to Gallio

    8. Of Leisure—addressed to Serenus

    9. Of Tranquillity of Mind—addressed to Serenus

    10. On the Shortness of Life—addressed to Paulinus

    11. Of Consolation—addressed to Polybius

    12. Of Consolation—addressed to Helvia

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateAug 27, 2019
    Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind

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      Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind
      Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind

      Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind

      Sêneca
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      The ninth essay from Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The work opens with Serenus asking Seneca for counsel, and this request for help takes the form of a medical consultation. Serenus explains that he feels agitated and in a state of unstable immobility, "As if I were on a boat that doesn't move forward and is tossed about." Seneca uses the dialogue to address an issue that cropped up many times in his life: the desire for a life of contemplation and the need for active political engagement. Seneca argues that the goal of a tranquil mind can be achieved by being flexible and seeking a middle way between the two extremes. Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox Stoica Seneca's Essays Series: 1. Of providence—addressed to Lucilius 2. On the Firmness of the Wise Man—addressed to Serenus 3-5. Of Anger (Books 1-3)—addressed to his brother Novatus 6. Of Consolation—addressed to Marcia 7. Of a Happy Life—addressed to Gallio 8. Of Leisure—addressed to Serenus 9. Of Tranquillity of Mind—addressed to Serenus 10. On the Shortness of Life—addressed to Paulinus 11. Of Consolation—addressed to Polybius 12. Of Consolation—addressed to Helvia

      The ninth essay from Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The work opens with Serenus asking Seneca for counsel, and this request for help takes the form of a medical consultation. Serenus explains that he feels agitated and in a state of unstable immobility, "As if I were on a boat that doesn't move forward and is tossed about." Seneca uses the dialogue to address an issue that cropped up many times in his life: the desire for a life of contemplation and the need for active political engagement. Seneca argues that the goal of a tranquil mind can be achieved by being flexible and seeking a middle way between the two extremes. Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox Stoica Seneca's Essays Series: 1. Of providence—addressed to Lucilius 2. On the Firmness of the Wise Man—addressed to Serenus 3-5. Of Anger (Books 1-3)—addressed to his brother Novatus 6. Of Consolation—addressed to Marcia 7. Of a Happy Life—addressed to Gallio 8. Of Leisure—addressed to Serenus 9. Of Tranquillity of Mind—addressed to Serenus 10. On the Shortness of Life—addressed to Paulinus 11. Of Consolation—addressed to Polybius 12. Of Consolation—addressed to Helvia

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    Sêneca

    The writer and politician Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE–65 CE) was one of the most influential figures in the philosophical school of thought known as Stoicism. He was notoriously condemned to death by enforced suicide by the Emperor Nero.

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