Seneca - Moral Letters to Lucilius | Volume 3 (93-124)

This is my own recording of a public domain text. It is not copied and I retain the copyright.
The third and final volume in The Moral Letters to Lucilius. (I've collected them into three volumes because the individual letters were offending the KZbin algorithm)
The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Timestamps
Start - 0:00
93 On the Quality as Contrasted with the Length of Life - 0:02
94 On the value of advice - 8:41
95: On the usefulness of basic principles - 55:46
96: On facing hardships - 1:40:37
97: On the degeneracy of the age - 1:44:05
98: On the fickleness of fortune - 1:54:23
99: On consolation to the bereaved - 2:06:04
100: On the writings of Fabianus - 2:26:25
101: On the futility of planning ahead - 2:35:17
102: On the intimations of our immortality - 2:44:23
103: On the dangers of association with our fellow-men - 3:02:39
104: On care of health and peace of mind - 3:05:38
105: On facing the world with confidence - 3:26:53
106: On the corporeality of virtue - 3:31:44
107: On obedience to the universal will - 3:37:00
108: On the approaches to philosophy - 3:43:44
109: On the fellowship of wise men - 4:07:01
110: On true and false riches - 4:16:51
111: On the vanity of mental gymnastics - 4:29:04
112: On reforming hardened sinners - 4:32:00
113: On the vitality of the soul and its attributes - 4:34:05
114: On style as a mirror of character - 4:51:51
115: On the superficial blessings - 5:10:32
116: On self-control - 5:22:26
117: On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties - 5:27:47
118: On the vanity of place-seeking - 5:50:06
119: On nature as our best provider - 6:00:34
120: More about virtue - 6:09:56
121: On instinct in animals - 6:24:21
122: On darkness as a veil for wickedness - 6:38:10
123: On the conflict between pleasure and virtue - 6:49:38
124: On the true good as attained by reason - 7:00:09
Shortform - 7:13:30
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Wow, 31 letters in one upload. Been waiting for this. Thank you for the effort.

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Thank you Robin, could you please also add the titles of the lettera in the description/comment? In case you can't it's not a problem since it is outside the realm of my governing principle

[@VoxStoica]

done

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"On Consolation to the Bereaved", is so beautiful.

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[@VoxStoica]

Buy the book: geni.us/SupportMeSenecaLetters 20% off Shortform Book Summaries: shortform.com/vox I've collected Volume 3 into one video as posting individually was causing KZbin to flag my account as spam. Use the chapter feature to view individually. Timestamps: 93 On the Quality as Contrasted with the Length of Life - 0:02 94 On the value of advice - 8:41 95: On the usefulness of basic principles - 55:46 96: On facing hardships - 1:40:37 97: On the degeneracy of the age - 1:44:05 98: On the fickleness of fortune - 1:54:23 99: On consolation to the bereaved - 2:06:04 100: On the writings of Fabianus - 2:26:25 101: On the futility of planning ahead - 2:35:17 102: On the intimations of our immortality - 2:44:23 103: On the dangers of association with our fellow-men - 3:02:39 104: On care of health and peace of mind - 3:05:38 105: On facing the world with confidence - 3:26:53 106: On the corporeality of virtue - 3:31:44 107: On obedience to the universal will - 3:37:00 108: On the approaches to philosophy - 3:43:44 109: On the fellowship of wise men - 4:07:01 110: On true and false riches - 4:16:51 111: On the vanity of mental gymnastics - 4:29:04 112: On reforming hardened sinners - 4:32:00 113: On the vitality of the soul and its attributes - 4:34:05 114: On style as a mirror of character - 4:51:51 115: On the superficial blessings - 5:10:32 116: On self-control - 5:22:26 117: On real ethics as superior to syllogistic subtleties - 5:27:47 118: On the vanity of place-seeking - 5:50:06 119: On nature as our best provider - 6:00:34 120: More about virtue - 6:09:56 121: On instinct in animals - 6:24:21 122: On darkness as a veil for wickedness - 6:38:10 123: On the conflict between pleasure and virtue - 6:49:38 124: On the true good as attained by reason - 7:00:09 Shortform - 7:13:30

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[@lexxxsuperior]

Truly grateful for these audiobooks! I was wondering if you could upload the Letters as one complete audiobook? Or perhaps split it into two or three chunks?

[@Kimomaru]

7 HOURS?! Good Lord, Robin. How long did it take to record it?

[@VoxStoica]

Approximately 130 hours. [Record + Edit + Video + KZbin] = is approximately 25:1 work to final length. Bit less for simple things like the letters, a bit more if the video/summary is more detailed.

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@@VoxStoica Wow, that's dedication. Zeno would be proud!

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Hello Robbin, would you kindly do a reading of Antigone by Sophocles if you can. I would appreciate that very much and certain others would to. Best wishes.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out.

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[@OfficialJoosty]

Will this be on the onedrive for Patreons?

[@VoxStoica]

1-124 are all on there individually at the moment, I can upload this combined version too if that's useful.

[@OfficialJoosty]

@@VoxStoica Ah okay, I had not seen that 1-124 were already uploaded. Thank you for offering to combine it! For me that is not necessary.

[@RobTenken]

Saddened that we're not doing these one at a time. There's little chance for a discussion of individual messages in a compilation like this. As for those messages, I have never actively disliked Seneca until "on the consolation of the bereaved." Among its toxic messages, "oh, he was just a kid when he died, you shouldn't be so sad," "you're not actually this sad, you're just looking for attention," and "you shouldn't be sad your kid died: he might have grown up to be a douchebag." Not that there are no worthwhile lines or ideas in there, but there's some toxic, myopic nonsense in there too.

[@PoptartParasol]

He had one child who died in infancy and never had any other children as far as we know. So, keep in mind that that view is probably influenced by his personal tragedy. Knowing this.. I feel more so pity than hate, I guess he never came to terms with it himself.

[@andryckfranco3801]

Interestingly enough that is one of my more favored letters of his collection. “...Let me give you a scolding, you are like a woman in the way you take your sons death.”

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Travel....You didn't lll enjoy it because "you had yourself for company". Today we say wherever you go there you are.

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letter 94

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Uncomfortably honest.

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How is it so many people feel the Bible offers more than these stoics?

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First

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Thank you very much! This is a treasure. Sad you have to delete the individual letters... KZbin being KZbin.