Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I. OF BENEFITS IN GENERAL.

       CHAPTER II. SEVERAL SORTS OF BENEFITS.

       CHAPTER III. A SON MAY OBLIGE HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER.

       CHAPTER IV. IT IS THE INTENTION, NOT THE MATTER, THAT MAKES THE BENEFIT.

       CHAPTER V. THERE MUST BE JUDGMENT IN A BENEFIT, AS WELL AS MATTER AND INTENTION; AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHOICE OF THE PERSON.

       CHAPTER VI. THE MATTER OF OBLIGATIONS, WITH ITS CIRCUMSTANCES.

       CHAPTER VII. THE MANNER OF OBLIGING.

       CHAPTER VIII. THE DIFFERENCE AND VALUE OF BENEFITS.

       CHAPTER IX. AN HONEST MAN CANNOT BE OUTDONE IN COURTESY.

       CHAPTER X. THE QUESTION DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT A MAN MAY GIVE OR RETURN A BENEFIT TO HIMSELF?

       CHAPTER XI. HOW FAR ONE MAN MAY BE OBLIGED FOR A BENEFIT DONE TO ANOTHER.

       CHAPTER XII. THE BENEFACTOR MUST HAVE NO BY-ENDS.

       CHAPTER XIII. THERE ARE MANY CASES WHEREIN A MAN MAY BE MINDED OF A BENEFIT, BUT IT IS VERY RARELY TO BE CHALLENGED, AND NEVER TO BE UPBRAIDED.

       CHAPTER XIV. HOW FAR TO OBLIGE OR REQUITE A WICKED MAN.

       CHAPTER XV. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARTS AND DUTIES OF THE BENEFACTOR.

       CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE RECEIVER OUGHT TO BEHAVE HIMSELF.

       CHAPTER XVII. OF GRATITUDE.

       CHAPTER XVIII. GRATITUDE MISTAKEN.

       CHAPTER XIX. OF INGRATITUDE.

       CHAPTER XX. THERE CAN BE NO LAW AGAINST INGRATITUDE.

       SENECA OF A HAPPY LIFE.

       CHAPTER I. OF A HAPPY LIFE, AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS.

       CHAPTER II. HUMAN HAPPINESS IS FOUNDED UPON WISDOM AND VIRTUE; AND FIRST, OF WISDOM.

       CHAPTER III. THERE CAN BE NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT VIRTUE.

       CHAPTER IV. PHILOSOPHY IS THE GUIDE OF LIFE.

       CHAPTER V. THE FORCE OF PRECEPTS.

       CHAPTER VI. NO FELICITY LIKE PEACE OF CONSCIENCE.

       CHAPTER VII. A GOOD MAN CAN NEVER BE MISERABLE, NOR A WICKED MAN HAPPY.

       CHAPTER VIII. THE DUE CONTEMPLATION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE CERTAIN CURE OF ALL MISFORTUNES.

       CHAPTER IX. OF LEVITY OF MIND, AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS OF A HAPPY LIFE.

       CHAPTER X. HE THAT SETS UP HIS REST UPON CONTINGENCIES SHALL NEVER BE QUIET.

       CHAPTER XI. A SENSUAL LIFE IS A MISERABLE LIFE.

       CHAPTER XII. AVARICE AND AMBITION ARE INSATIABLE AND RESTLESS.

       CHAPTER XIII. HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE BANE OF HUMAN LIFE.

       CHAPTER XIV. IT IS ACCORDING TO THE TRUE OR FALSE ESTIMATE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE HAPPY OR MISERABLE.

       CHAPTER XV. THE BLESSINGS OF TEMPERANCE AND MODERATION.

       CHAPTER XVI. CONSTANCY OF MIND GIVES A MAN REPUTATION, AND MAKES HIM HAPPY IN DESPITE OF ALL MISFORTUNE.

       CHAPTER XVII. OUR HAPPINESS DEPENDS IN A GREAT MEASURE UPON THE CHOICE OF OUR COMPANY.

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