Seneca - Moral Letters - 28: On Travel as a Cure for Discontent
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- This is my own recording of a public domain text. It is not copied and I retain the copyright.
The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca)
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Notes:
“...your faults will follow you whithersoever you travel”
“…the reason which set you wandering is ever at your heels.”
“...it becomes more troublesome by reason of your very restlessness”
“...you hurt yourself by your very unrest”
“...you are drifting and being driven, only exchanging one place for another, although that which you seek, - to live well, - is found everywhere”
“It helps little to have cast out your own faults if you must quarrel with those of others."
"...you must discover yourself in the wrong before you can reform yourself"
“...as far as possible, prove yourself guilty, hunt up charges against yourself; play the part, first of accuser, then of judge, last of intercessor. At times be harsh with yourself”
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Excellent message - Vox you are doing an enormous service to the society at large by bringing these letters through your pleasant reading..🙏
Robin I have just begun a "Summer With Seneca" 14 week workshop with Kat Koronelius and this is the first letter we are studying. Your readings from the stoics please me immensely. Your beautiful voice, but even more so, your measured, but subtle reading, your sense of humour, and your deep connection to the meaning create a wonderful listening experience. Thank you so much for doing these. They are a real gift -- soothing and enlightening.
Thank you Bonnie, I'm really glad you're enjoying and finding value in them. I particularly like this letter as it speaks to my own proclivity to wander. Best wishes for the Summer With Seneca, I hope you come out of it with new ideas and perhaps even inspiration for future writing.
@@VoxStoica Thank you. The travel subject hit me strongly as well. I am still on lockdown, for over two years now. Have barely left our little flat. My husband is ill so we are playing it very conservatively. All my travel is on UA-cam and vicariously through friends, these days.
Hi Bonnie, I just read your comment. I must say that I really like your writing style. Your communication is clear but it still has a poeticness.
Do you by any chance have any advice for someone like me who hopes to attain the same skill with words that you have? Perhaps there are certain books on writing that you read in the past that you thought were good? Or perhaps there is a writer/s who you think had a big influence on your style? 😊
Just awesome. Love a lot of what J.Peterson has to say and always intended to listen to his Maps of Meaning series, and now find you've created a playlist reading the book as audiobook. Whoa. Oh by the way, I attend a stoicism discussion group, we just finished the Enchridion. Next up ? Letters to Lucilius. Wowser. Um . . . SUBSCRIBED ! !
Great wisdom indeed! ironic this was posted. Currently seeking a paradigm shift and was greatly considering moving away where the diversity and opportunity is vaster. Now it is clear to understand that change of scenery cannot ultimately change anyone, BUT wouldn't the mere process of a complete routine, company and scene be of assistance? Humans are adaption Gods, so a complete change would surely have the effect of transformation.
Many habits come from cues in our daily routine, eg my brain unconsciously wants coffee when I sit at my desk. In this sense you're right, relocation can alter routine and therefore change habits.
But our routines are created by us and consist of many parts. If we’re bad now at maintaining a healthy routine there’s no reason we’ll suddenly start sustaining a healthy routine merely by changing location. Some habits might change, but it’ll be random which ones, all we’ll do is “shake up a sick man” in Seneca’s words. So I don’t think a transformation will occur from location change.
Humans do adapt well. But only by necessity. If a famine hit, an obese person is likely to adapt to it rather than die. But if they merely move from one city to another it’s unlikely a transformation will occur.
Thank you for taking a moment of your most precious resource to intellectually respond! Keep spreading the wisdom! Keep up the great work!
All those who wander are indeed lost.
hi anon