Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)
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Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

2026

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Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. A LibriVox public-domain recording, lovingly kept in the Eratone library.

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125 chapters

  1. 1Introduction11m
  2. 2On Saving Time4m
  3. 3On Discursiveness in Reading4m
  4. 4On True and False Friendship4m
  5. 5On the Terrors of Death7m
  6. 6On the Philosopher's Mean6m
  7. 7On Sharing Knowledge4m
  8. 8On Crowds7m
  9. 9On the Philosopher's Seclusion6m
  10. 10On Philosophy and Friendship14m
  11. 11On Living to Onself4m
  12. 12On the Blush of Modesty6m
  13. 13On Old Age8m
  14. 14On Groundless Fears12m
  15. 15On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the World12m
  16. 16On Brawn and Brains8m
  17. 17On Philosophy, the Guide of Life6m
  18. 18On Philosophy and Riches8m
  19. 19On Festivals and Fasting9m
  20. 20On Worldliness and Retirement8m
  21. 21On Practising What You Preach9m
  22. 22On the Renown which My Writings Will Bring You8m
  23. 23On the Futility of Half-way Measures11m
  24. 24On the True Joy which Comes from Philosophy7m
  25. 25On Despising Death17m
  26. 26On Reformation5m
  27. 27On Old Age and Death7m
  28. 28On the Good which Abides6m
  29. 29On Travel as a Cure for Discontent6m
  30. 30On the Critical Condition of Marcellinus8m
  31. 31On Conquering the Conqueror11m
  32. 32On Siren Songs8m
  33. 33On Progress4m
  34. 34On the Futility of Learning Maxims8m
  35. 35On a Promising Pupil2m
  36. 36On the Friendship of Kindred Minds3m
  37. 37On the Value of Retirement8m
  38. 38On Allegiance to Virtue3m
  39. 39On Quiet Conversation2m
  40. 40On Noble Aspirations5m
  41. 41On the Proper Style for a Philosopher's Discourse10m
  42. 42On the God within Us7m
  43. 43On Values7m
  44. 44On the Relativity of Fame3m
  45. 45Of Philosophy and Pedigrees5m
  46. 46On Sophistical Argumentation9m
  47. 47On a New Book by Lucilius3m
  48. 48On Master and Slave14m
  49. 49On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosopher9m
  50. 50On the Shortness of Life9m
  51. 51On Our Blindness and Its Cure6m
  52. 52On Baiae and Morals9m
  53. 53On Choosing Our Teachers10m
  54. 54On the Faults of the Spirit9m
  55. 55On Asthma and Death5m
  56. 56On Vatia's Villa8m
  57. 57On Quiet and Study10m
  58. 58On the Trials of Travel6m
  59. 59On Being25m
  60. 60On Pleasure and Joy13m
  61. 61On Harmful Prayers3m
  62. 62On Meeting Death Cheerfully3m
  63. 63On Good Company2m
  64. 64On Grief for Lost Friends10m
  65. 65On the Philosopher's Task6m
  66. 66On the First Cause16m
  67. 67On Various Aspects of Virtue35m
  68. 68On Ill-health and Endurance of Suffering10m
  69. 69On Wisdom and Retirement9m
  70. 70On Rest and Restlessness4m
  71. 71On the Proper Time to Slip the Cable17m
  72. 72On the Supreme Good24m
  73. 73On Business as the Enemy of Philosophy8m
  74. 74On Philosophers and Kings10m
  75. 75On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractions25m
  76. 76On the Diseases of the Soul11m
  77. 77On Learning Wisdom in Old Age22m
  78. 78On Taking One's Own Life13m
  79. 79On the Healing Power of the Mind19m
  80. 80On the Rewards of Scientific Discovery12m
  81. 81On Worldly Deceptions7m
  82. 82On Benefits21m
  83. 83On the Natural Fear of Death19m
  84. 84On Drunkenness18m
  85. 85On Gathering Ideas9m
  86. 86On Some Vain Syllogisms28m
  87. 87On Scipio's Villa12m
  88. 88Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life26m
  89. 89On Liberal and Vocational Studies30m
  90. 90On the Parts of Philosophy16m
  91. 91On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man36m
  92. 92On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons17m
  93. 93On the Happy Life26m
  94. 94On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life9m
  95. 95On the Value of Advice48m
  96. 96On the Usefulness of Basic Principles45m
  97. 97On Facing Hardships4m
  98. 98On the Degeneracy of the Age10m
  99. 99On the Fickleness of Fortune12m
  100. 100On Consolation of the Bereaved21m
  101. 101On the Writings of Fabianus9m
  102. 102On the Futility of Planning Ahead11m
  103. 103On the Intimations of Our Immortality20m
  104. 104On the Dangers of Association with Our Fellow-Men4m
  105. 105On Care of Health and Peace of Mind24m
  106. 106On Facing the World with Confidence6m
  107. 107On the Corporeality of Virtue6m
  108. 108On Obedience to the Universal Will8m
  109. 109On the Approaches to Philosophy25m
  110. 110On the Fellowship of Wise Men11m
  111. 111On True and False Riches14m
  112. 112On the Vanity of Mental Gymnastics3m
  113. 113On Reforming Hardened Sinners2m
  114. 114On the Vitality of the Soul and Its Attributes19m
  115. 115On Style as a Mirror of Character20m
  116. 116On the Superficial Blessings14m
  117. 117On Self-Control6m
  118. 118On Real Ethics as Superior to Syllogistic Subtleties25m
  119. 119On the Vanity of Place-Seeking11m
  120. 120On Nature as Our Best Provider10m
  121. 121More About Virtue17m
  122. 122On Instinct in Animals15m
  123. 123On Darkness as a Veil for Wickedness13m
  124. 124On the Conflict between Pleasure and Virtue12m
  125. 125On the True Good as Attained by Reason17m
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