“Limiting one's desires actually helps to cure one of fear. Cease to hope and you will cease to fear.”
— Seneca, Letters from a Stoic
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The moral letters to Lucilius: 124 surviving letters of practical instruction.
Seneca. Roman statesman, playwright and adviser to Nero, born around 4 BCE in Córdoba and forced to take his own life in 65 CE. His moral letters were written late, addressed to his friend Lucilius, and are the most practical writing the Stoics left behind.
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