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L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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How should we give, and how should we receive? In seven books, the Stoic philosopher Seneca examines the gift and the favour, the bonds that hold human…

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Author
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Category
Philosophy
Language
English
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Project Gutenberg

About this book

How should we give, and how should we receive? In seven books, the Stoic philosopher Seneca examines the gift and the favour, the bonds that hold human society together: give willingly and promptly, without boasting or expecting a return; receive with gratitude and remember the giver; for ingratitude, he argues, is among the worst of vices. He also asks whether a slave can do his master a kindness, whether we can repay the gods, and whether one can benefit oneself.

Context and significance

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (about 4 BC–AD 65), tutor and adviser of the emperor Nero, wrote the treatise in the last years of his life, before Nero ordered him to take his own life. This translation is by Aubrey Stewart. Compare Epictetus's Enchiridion and Marcus Aurelius's Meditations.

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