Seneca's Morals; By Way of Abstract, Vol. 2 of 2 To Which Is Added a Discourse, Under the Title of an After-Thought (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Seneca's Morals; By Way of Abstract, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Is Added a Discourse, Under the Title of an After-Thought <p>UV E are here to encounter the most outrage ous, brutal, dangerous, and intractable of all passions, the most loathsome and unmannerly, nay, the most ridiculous too; and the subduing of this monster will do a great deal toward the establishment of human peace. It is the method of physicians to begin with a description of the disease, before they meddle with the cure; and I know not why this may not do 'as well in the distempers of the mind, as in those of the body. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.