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Seneca The Younger, Letters, 72.5


nanSometimes an external happening reminds him of his mortality, but it is a light blow, and merely grazes the surface of his skin.[4] Some trouble, I repeat, may touch him like a breath of wind, but that Supreme Good of his is unshaken. This is what I mean: there are external disadvantages, like pimples and boils that break out upon a body which is normally strong and sound; but there is no deep-seated malady.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 3.830-3.1094 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2. Epictetus, Discourses, 3.22.72-3.22.73 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3. New Testament, 1 Peter, 1.6-1.8 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.6. Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials 1.7. that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ -- 1.8. whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory --
4. Seneca The Younger, Letters, 23.6 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
appraisal,of joy Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
cautery Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
conversion Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
cynics/cynicism,mild Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
cynics/cynicism Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
diatribe Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
diet,in moral formation Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
dio chrysostom Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
drugs Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
epistle,pastorals Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
exhortation Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
frankness Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
galen Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
god,value of Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
goods,benefit Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
joy,enduring Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
joy,object of Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
joy Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
lust Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
metaphor Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
other,the,detachment from Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
pastoral epistles Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
pastorals Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
philosopher,as physician Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
physician,philosopher as Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
skepticcism Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
sociological implication,of emotional directives Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
sophist Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
soul,corrupt Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
stoicism Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
suffering,of the believer Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
symbolic universe,see worldview,of emotional directives Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
trajan Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
value system Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
vespasian Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
vice Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
virtue' Malherbe et al. (2014), Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity: Collected Essays of Abraham J, 125
virtue Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128
worldview Hockey (2019), The Role of Emotion in 1 Peter, 128