Roman Stoic Wisdom
Moral Essays
Lucius Annaeus Seneca • On the Happy Life, Anger, and Clemency
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On the Happy Life • Chapter I
"True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future."
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Moral Essays
Translated by Aubrey Stewart, M.A. • Classical Scroll Study Edition
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