By Seneca, John W. Basore
This quantity deals new translations of crucial of Seneca's "Moral Essays": On Anger, On Mercy, at the inner most lifestyles, and the 1st 4 books of On Favours. they provide an entire photograph of the social and ethical outlook of an historic Stoic philosopher. A basic creation describes Seneca's lifestyles and profession and explains the elemental principles underlying the Stoic ethical, social and political philosophy within the essays. person introductions, footnotes and biographical notes clarify their ancient and philosophical contexts.
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Q ªaæ om. y ¼ººøò A(‹ºøò A1s)E ‹ºøò : ENNEAD I. [5] 15 He recognizes what these [needs] are and gives what he gives taking nothing from his own life. Not even in [30] adverse fortunes will his eudaimonia be diminished; for, even so, such a life remains [with him]; when relations and friends die, he understands what death is, as also do those who suffer [if] they are spoudaioi. And even if the suffering of his relations brings grief, it doesn’t distress him, [35] but that in him, which is separate from Nous, since he [the spoudaios] will not admit pains of this sort.
14 30 35 5 10 15 20 ENNEAD I. [5] ŒÆd ªØíþóŒåØ ôÆFôÆ ŒÆd äßäøóØí L äßäøóØí ïPäbí ôBò ÆPôïF ðÆæÆØæïýìåíïò æøBò: ïPä Kí ôý÷ÆØò ôïßíıí KíÆíôßÆØò KºÆôôþóåôÆØ åNò ôe åPäÆØìïíåEí• ìÝíåØ ªaæ ŒÆd zò ôïØÆýôç æøÞ• IðïŁífiçóŒüíôøí ôå ïNŒåßøí ŒÆd öߺøí ïräå ôeí ŁÜíÆôïí ‹ ôØ Kóôßí; YóÆóØ äb ŒÆd ïƒ ðÜó÷ïíôåò óðïıäÆEïØ Zíôåò: ïNŒåEïØ äb ŒÆd ðæïóÞŒïíôåò ôïFôï ðÜó÷ïíôåò Œií ºıðHóØí; ïPŒ ÆPôüí; ôe ä Kí ÆPôfiH íïFí ïPŒ ÷ïí; ïy ôaò ºýðÆò ïP äÝîåôÆØ. 5. `ºªçäüíåò äb ôß ŒÆd íüóïØ ŒÆd ôa ‹ºøò ŒøºýïíôÆ KíåæªåEí; åN äb äc ìçä ÆıôfiH ðÆæÆŒïºïıŁïE; ªÝíïØôï ªaæ ií ŒÆd KŒ öÆæìÜŒøí ŒÆß ôØíøí íüóøí: ðHò äc Kí ôïýôïØò –ðÆóØ ôe æBí ås ŒÆd ôe åPäÆØìïíåEí ií ÷ïØ; ðåíßÆò ªaæ ŒÆd IäïîßÆò KÆôÝïí: ŒÆßôïØ ŒÆd ðæeò ôÆFôÆ ¼í ôØò IðïâºÝłÆò KðØóôÞóåØå ŒÆd ðæeò ôaò ðïºıŁæıººÞôïıò Æs ìܺØóôÆ —æØÆìØŒaò ôý÷Æò• ôÆFôÆ ªaæ åN ŒÆd öÝæïØ ŒÆd Þfi Æäßøò öÝæïØ; Iºº ïP âïıºçôÜ ªå qí ÆPôfiH• äåE äb âïıºçôeí ôeí åPäÆßìïíÆ âßïí åríÆØ• Kðåd ïPäb ôïFôïí åríÆØ ôeí óðïıäÆEïí łı÷cí ôïØÜíäå; ìc óıíÆæØŁìåEóŁÆØ ä ÆPôïF ôfiB ïPóßfiÆ ôcí óþìÆôïò öýóØí: ôïßìøò ªaæ ôïFôï öÆEåí ií ºÆìâÜíåØí; øò ií ƃ ôïF óþìÆôïò ðåßóåØò ðæeò ÆPôeí IíÆöÝæøíôÆØ ŒÆd Æs ŒÆd ƃ ƃæÝóåØò ŒÆd öıªÆd äØa ôïFôï ªßªíøíôÆØ ÆPôfiH: äïíBò äb óıíÆæØŁìïıìÝíçò ôfiH åPäÆßìïíØ âßfiø; ðHò ií ºıðçæeí äØa ôý÷Æò ŒÆd OäýíÆò ÷øí åPäÆßìøí åYç; ‹ôfiø ôÆFôÆ óðïıäÆßfiø ZíôØ ªßªíïØôï; Iººa ŁåïEò ìbí ôïØÆýôç äØÜŁåóØò åPäÆßìøí ŒÆd ÆPôÜæŒçò; IíŁæþðïØò äb ðæïóŁÞŒçí ôïF ÷åßæïíïò ºÆâïFóØ ðåæd ‹ºïí ÷æc ôe ªåíüìåíïí ôe åhäÆØìïí æçôåEí; Iººa ìc ðåæd ìÝæïò; n KŒ ŁÆôÝæïı ŒÆŒHò ÷ïíôïò IíƪŒÜæïØôï ií ŒÆd ŁÜôåæïí 5.
21 ôe ŒæåEôôïí del. 8 ŒÆd2 om. y Mu¨ller Kí ôïýôfiø (in hoc mundo): Kí ôïýôïØò Harder scil. łı÷fiB KóôØí 23–24 ìAººïíÀôïØÆýôçò om. y 14 ôe: ôïF 15 ÆPôfiB ENNEAD I. [6] 17 [better] side to be impeded in its activities, because the things of the [worse] side are not doing well. Or it is necessary to cut away the body, and even perception of the body, and thus to seek to have selfsufficiency with regard to eudaimonia. 6. But if our account taught that eudaimonia [depended on] not being in pain or ill or unfortunate or falling into great disasters, eudaimonia would not be [possible], whenever any of these contraries were present.