Summary and important key points from Letters of the Stoic written by the Stoic Seneca the Younger to his friend Lucilius Junior

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Letters from a Stoic 35 – Summary and Key Takeaways

            Letters from a stoic 35 is quite a short letter but an intriguing one. Seneca said to Lucilius that though they care for each other, they are not yet technically “friends”.         According to Seneca the only way they can be friends is that Lucilius has to keep improving himself. The friendship between two men is defined by the likeness of their wisdom. He told Lucilius to hasten his quest for self-improvement…

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Letters from a Stoic 34 – Summary and Key Takeaways

           In letters from a stoic 34, Seneca takes pleasure in the continual improvement of his dear friend, Lucilius. He has guided the younger man in his quest to becoming a better version of himself giving him advice on the ways of life.          The wise old man highlighted will as the most important component of any self-improvement process. “It is that the larger part of good-ness is…

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Letters from a Stoic 33 – Summary and Key Takeaways

           In letters from a stoic 33, Seneca talks about studying maxims. Maxims are short statements to describe truth or general conduct. As we all know the wise old man likes to end his letters with a maxim mostly from Epicurus. Seneca said that a maxim should not be taken only for itself. A maxim speaks a general truth and anyone who wants to adopt a maxim should understand the bigger…

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Letters from a Stoic 32 – Summary and Key Takeaways

               In letters from a stoic 32, Seneca talks about avoiding the crowd which he also talked about in letter 7. He has been warning Lucilius about associating with people whose goals and ideals are different than his. “This is sound practice—to refrain from associating with men of different stamp and different aims. “           He said that these people may hinder his progress towards self-…

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Letters from a Stoic 31 – Summary and Key Takeaways

             In letters from a stoic 31, Seneca talks about what is absolute good and bad. He talks about what people normally people see as “good” such as fame and money is not absolute good. The wise old man describes good as something that is not external, true under all circumstances, and cannot be taken away.                 Fame, money, and power are what the Stoics…

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