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What Would Stoics Do

Seneca · c. 4 BCE – 65 CE

On Clemency

Translation by Aubrey Stewart (1889) · 38 passages · 2 sections

Addressed to the young emperor Nero. Seneca praises mercy as the virtue that best becomes a ruler and distinguishes clemency from pity; the second book breaks off unfinished.

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Contents

  1. Book I29 passages
  2. Book II9 passages

Source and licence

Edition
L. Annaeus Seneca: Minor Dialogues, together with the dialogue On Clemency (1889) and On Benefits (1887), translated by Aubrey Stewart (Bohn's Classical Library)
Status
Tier A: Public domain in the UK and the US. Translator died 1918: public domain in the UK (life+70) and the US (published 1887–1889).
Attribution
Seneca, Dialogues, tr. Aubrey Stewart (1887–1889). Text: Standard Ebooks (CC0).
Digital text
Standard Ebooks (opens in a new tab) · CC0 1.0 (Standard Ebooks dedicates its own contributions to the public domain)

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