Letters · c. AD 65
Moral Letters to Lucilius, Volume II (Letters 66–92)
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
Translated by Richard M. Gummere (1920)
Letters 66 to 92 of the series Seneca wrote in his last years to his friend Lucilius: Stoic essays on virtue and the supreme good, illness, old age and suicide, benefits, drunkenness, the philosophy of liberal studies, and the happy life.
Contents · 27 parts
- Letter LXVI. On Various Aspects of Virtue20 paragraphs
- Letter LXVII. On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering10 paragraphs
- Letter LXVIII. On Wisdom and Retirement6 paragraphs
- Letter LXIX. On Rest and Restlessness1 paragraph
- Letter LXX. On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable14 paragraphs
- Letter LXXI. On the Supreme Good13 paragraphs
- Letter LXXII. On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy4 paragraphs
- Letter LXXIII. On Philosophers and Kings13 paragraphs
- Letter LXXIV. On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions16 paragraphs
- Letter LXXV. On the Diseases of the Soul8 paragraphs
- Letter LXXVI. On Learning Wisdom in Old Age17 paragraphs
- Letter LXXVII. On Taking One’s Own Life12 paragraphs
- Letter LXXVIII. On the Healing Power of the Mind15 paragraphs
- Letter LXXIX. On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery6 paragraphs
- Letter LXXX. On Worldly Deceptions12 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXI. On Benefits12 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXII. On the Natural Fear of Death22 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXIII. On Drunkenness12 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXIV. On Gathering Ideas8 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXV. On Some Vain Syllogisms18 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXVI. On Scipio’s Villa16 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXVII. Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life30 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXVIII. On Liberal and Vocational Studies26 paragraphs
- Letter LXXXIX. On the Parts of Philosophy15 paragraphs
- Letter XC. On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man40 paragraphs
- Letter XCI. On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons12 paragraphs
- Letter XCII. On the Happy Life24 paragraphs