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Seneca The Younger, Letters, 59.15


nanAll men of this stamp, I maintain, are pressing on in pursuit of joy, but they do not know where they may obtain a joy that is both great and enduring. One person seeks it in feasting and self-indulgence; another, in canvassing for honours and in being surrounded by a throng of clients; another, in his mistress; another, in idle display of culture and in literature that has no power to heal; all these men are led astray by delights which are deceptive and short-lived – like drunkenness for example, which pays for a single hour of hilarious madness by a sickness of many days, or like applause and the popularity of enthusiastic approval which are gained, and atoned for, at the cost of great mental disquietude.


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1. Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 4.52 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4.52. nescio, ecquid ipsi nos fortiter in re p. fecerimus: si quid fecimus, certe irati non fecimus. an est quicquam similius insaniae insaniae s insania X quam ira? quam bene Ennius initium dixit Enn. fr. inc. 18 insaniae. color, vox, oculi, spiritus, inpotentia dictorum ac factorum quam partem habent sanitatis? quid Achille Homerico foedius, quid Agamemnone in iurgio? nam Aiacem quidem ira ad furorem mortemque perduxit. non igitur desiderat fortitudo advocatam iracundiam; satis est instructa parata armata per sese. nam isto quidem modo isto modo quidem s corr. We. licet dicere utilem vinulentiam ad fortitudinem, utilem vinul.... 27 utilem om. V etiam dementiam, quod et insani et ebrii multa faciunt saepe vehementius. semper Aiax fortis, fortissimus tamen in furore; nam Trag. inc. 64 nam poetae tribuunt alii Fa/cinus fecit ma/ximum, cum Da/nais inclina/ntibus Summa/m rem perfeci/t perfecit s perficit X manu. manu Bentl. manus s manu sua restituit proelium Insaniens G. Hermann op. 7, 382 sed cf. Plasberg, Festschr. f. Vahlen 224, qui recte proel. r. ins. Ciceroni, non poetae tribuisse vid. proelium restituit insaniens:
2. Andronicus of Rhodes, On Emotions, 6 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

3. Epictetus, Discourses, 4.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

4. Plutarch, On Moral Virtue, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

441c. and a faculty engendered by reason, or rather to be itself reason which is in accord with virtue and is firm and unshaken. They also think that the passionate and irrational part of the soul is not distinguished from the rational by any difference or by its nature, but is the same part, which, indeed, they term intelligence and the governing part; it is, they say, wholly transformed and changes both during its emotional states and in the alterations brought about in accordance with an acquired disposition or condition and thus becomes both vice and virtue; it contains nothing irrational within itself, but is called irrational whenever, by the overmastering power of our impulses, which have become strong and prevail, it is hurried on to something outrageous which contravenes the convictions of reason.
5. Seneca The Younger, On Anger, 1.1.3-1.1.5, 1.3.3, 1.5.2, 1.20.3 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

6. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 4.1-4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 9.8-9.9, 9.12-9.14, 9.16-9.17, 23.4, 27.3, 59.14, 59.16-59.17, 70.4-70.6, 71.26-71.28, 71.34-71.37, 73.13-73.15, 83.25-83.27, 95.16-95.17 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

7. Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Fate, 28.199 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

8. Galen, On The Doctrines of Hippocrates And Plato, 4.2.16, 4.6.35 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

9. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 7.89, 7.127 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

7.89. By the nature with which our life ought to be in accord, Chrysippus understands both universal nature and more particularly the nature of man, whereas Cleanthes takes the nature of the universe alone as that which should be followed, without adding the nature of the individual.And virtue, he holds, is a harmonious disposition, choice-worthy for its own sake and not from hope or fear or any external motive. Moreover, it is in virtue that happiness consists; for virtue is the state of mind which tends to make the whole of life harmonious. When a rational being is perverted, this is due to the deceptiveness of external pursuits or sometimes to the influence of associates. For the starting-points of nature are never perverse. 7.127. It is a tenet of theirs that between virtue and vice there is nothing intermediate, whereas according to the Peripatetics there is, namely, the state of moral improvement. For, say the Stoics, just as a stick must be either straight or crooked, so a man must be either just or unjust. Nor again are there degrees of justice and injustice; and the same rule applies to the other virtues. Further, while Chrysippus holds that virtue can be lost, Cleanthes maintains that it cannot. According to the former it may be lost in consequence of drunkenness or melancholy; the latter takes it to be inalienable owing to the certainty of our mental apprehension. And virtue in itself they hold to be worthy of choice for its own sake. At all events we are ashamed of bad conduct as if we knew that nothing is really good but the morally beautiful. Moreover, they hold that it is in itself sufficient to ensure well-being: thus Zeno, and Chrysippus in the first book of his treatise On Virtues, and Hecato in the second book of his treatise On Goods:
10. Vergil, Aeneis, 3.616

3.616. who from beneath the hollow scarped crag


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ajax Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
animals,complex behavior in Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
antony,mark Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
awakening Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
becker,lawrence Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
brutishness Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
causes,of insanity Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
cicero,on species-level classification Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
cicero Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
cognitive aspect Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
conversion,philosophical Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
conversion,psychological aspects Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
cruelty Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
death Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
disciple Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
disposition Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
distress,in greco-roman sources Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
distress Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
drunkenness,and brutishness Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
emotion,cultural construction of Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
emotions,as causes Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
emotions,examples of Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
emotions,modern theories Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
epictetus Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
ethics,of stoicism Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
eupatheiai,classified by species Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
facial expressions Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
goods,benefit Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
honourableness Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
identity Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
insanity,causation Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
irrational Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
joy,in greco-roman sources Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
joy,object of Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
joy,subcatergories of Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
joy Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
neoplatonist Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
non-sages (non-philosophers) Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
normative self or identity Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
officium,oikeiosis Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
orestes Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
passions Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
phalaris Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
progress,moral Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
psychic Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
psychopathy Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
rational Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
reaching (orexis) Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
reason Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110; Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
responsibility,moral,in psychopaths Graver (2007), Stoicism and Emotion, 242
self-concern Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
seneca Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
soul Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
strength Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
telos,temporality Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372
vice Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
virtue Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175; Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 110
way of life Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
wine Despotis and Lohr (2022), Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions, 175
wise man' Long (2006), From Epicurus to Epictetus Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy, 372