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Seneca · c. 4 BCE – 65 CE

On the Firmness of the Wise Person

Translation by Aubrey Stewart (1889) · 21 passages

Addressed to Serenus. Seneca argues that the wise man can receive neither injury nor insult, because nothing that fortune or other people can do touches what truly belongs to him.

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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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