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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664139061
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. OF BENEFITS IN GENERAL.
CHAPTER II. SEVERAL SORTS OF BENEFITS.
CHAPTER III. A SON MAY OBLIGE HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER.
CHAPTER IV. IT IS THE INTENTION, NOT THE MATTER, THAT MAKES THE BENEFIT.
CHAPTER VI. THE MATTER OF OBLIGATIONS, WITH ITS CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHAPTER VII. THE MANNER OF OBLIGING.
CHAPTER VIII. THE DIFFERENCE AND VALUE OF BENEFITS.
CHAPTER IX. AN HONEST MAN CANNOT BE OUTDONE IN COURTESY.
CHAPTER X. THE QUESTION DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT A MAN MAY GIVE OR RETURN A BENEFIT TO HIMSELF?
CHAPTER XI. HOW FAR ONE MAN MAY BE OBLIGED FOR A BENEFIT DONE TO ANOTHER.
CHAPTER XII. THE BENEFACTOR MUST HAVE NO BY-ENDS.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW FAR TO OBLIGE OR REQUITE A WICKED MAN.
CHAPTER XV. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARTS AND DUTIES OF THE BENEFACTOR.
CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE RECEIVER OUGHT TO BEHAVE HIMSELF.
CHAPTER XVIII. GRATITUDE MISTAKEN.
CHAPTER XX. THERE CAN BE NO LAW AGAINST INGRATITUDE.
CHAPTER I. OF A HAPPY LIFE, AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS.
CHAPTER II. HUMAN HAPPINESS IS FOUNDED UPON WISDOM AND VIRTUE; AND FIRST, OF WISDOM.
CHAPTER III. THERE CAN BE NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT VIRTUE.
CHAPTER IV. PHILOSOPHY IS THE GUIDE OF LIFE.
CHAPTER V. THE FORCE OF PRECEPTS.
CHAPTER VI. NO FELICITY LIKE PEACE OF CONSCIENCE.
CHAPTER VII. A GOOD MAN CAN NEVER BE MISERABLE, NOR A WICKED MAN HAPPY.
CHAPTER VIII. THE DUE CONTEMPLATION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE CERTAIN CURE OF ALL MISFORTUNES.
CHAPTER IX. OF LEVITY OF MIND, AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS OF A HAPPY LIFE.
CHAPTER X. HE THAT SETS UP HIS REST UPON CONTINGENCIES SHALL NEVER BE QUIET.
CHAPTER XI. A SENSUAL LIFE IS A MISERABLE LIFE.
CHAPTER XII. AVARICE AND AMBITION ARE INSATIABLE AND RESTLESS.
CHAPTER XIII. HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE BANE OF HUMAN LIFE.
CHAPTER XIV. IT IS ACCORDING TO THE TRUE OR FALSE ESTIMATE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE HAPPY OR MISERABLE.
CHAPTER XV. THE BLESSINGS OF TEMPERANCE AND MODERATION.
CHAPTER XVII. OUR HAPPINESS DEPENDS IN A GREAT MEASURE UPON THE CHOICE OF OUR COMPANY.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BLESSINGS OF FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER XIX. HE THAT WOULD BE HAPPY MUST TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TIME.
CHAPTER XX. HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT MAY CHOOSE HIS OWN BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XXI. THE CONTEMPT OF DEATH MAKES ALL THE MISERIES OF LIFE EASY TO US.
CHAPTER XXII. CONSOLATIONS AGAINST DEATH, FROM THE PROVIDENCE AND THE NECESSITY OF IT.