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  • Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind

  • By: Seneca
  • Narrated by: Robin Homer
  • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins

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Essays Book 9: Of Tranquillity of Mind

By: Seneca
Narrated by: Robin Homer
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The ninth essay from Lucius Annaeus Seneca.

The work opens with Serenus asking Seneca for counsel, and this request for help takes the form of a medical consultation. Serenus explains that he feels agitated and in a state of unstable immobility, "As if I were on a boat that doesn't move forward and is tossed about." Seneca uses the dialogue to address an issue that cropped up many times in his life: the desire for a life of contemplation and the need for active political engagement. Seneca argues that the goal of a tranquil mind can be achieved by being flexible and seeking a middle way between the two extremes.

Translation by Aubrey Stewart and produced by Vox Stoica

Seneca's Essays Series:

1. Of providence - addressed to Lucilius

2. On the Firmness of the Wise Man - addressed to Serenus

3-5. Of Anger (Books 1-3) - addressed to his brother Novatus

6. Of Consolation - addressed to Marcia

7. Of a Happy Life - addressed to Gallio

8. Of Leisure - addressed to Serenus

9. Of Tranquillity of Mind - addressed to Serenus

10. On the Shortness of Life - addressed to Paulinus

11. Of Consolation - addressed to Polybius

12. Of Consolation - addressed to Helvia

Public Domain (P)2019 Robin Homer

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