Seneca / The document inventory

Richard M. Gummere (1917–1925), Standard Ebooks: Letters 1–124

Each inventory follows the numbering of an identified edition. “Complete” refers to that edition and document type; it does not claim to cover every surviving document by the philosopher.

Complete inventory for this edition · 124 indexed entries

All 124 surviving Moral Letters to Lucilius, checked against the complete table of contents of the Gummere edition. Descriptive headings are editorial, not titles supplied by Seneca; French, Spanish, German and Italian headings translate those editorial headings. Dates of individual letters are not securely established. Lost correspondence and the spurious exchange with Paul are outside this inventory.

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ReferenceDocumentComposition or publication / Recipient
1On Saving Timenew tabLucilius
2On Discursiveness in Readingnew tabLucilius
3On True and False Friendshipnew tabLucilius
4On the Terrors of Deathnew tabLucilius
5The Philosopher’s Meannew tabLucilius
6On Sharing Knowledgenew tabLucilius
7On Crowdsnew tabLucilius
8On the Philosopher’s Seclusionnew tabLucilius
9On Philosophy and Friendshipnew tabLucilius
10On Living to Oneselfnew tabLucilius
11On the Blush of Modestynew tabLucilius
12On Old Agenew tabLucilius
13On Groundless Fearsnew tabLucilius
14On the Reasons for Withdrawing from the Worldnew tabLucilius
15On Brawn and Brainsnew tabLucilius
16On Philosophy, the Guide of Lifenew tabLucilius
17On Philosophy and Richesnew tabLucilius
18On Festivals and Fastingnew tabLucilius
19On Worldliness and Retirementnew tabLucilius
20On Practising What You Preachnew tabLucilius
21On the Renown Which My Writings Will Bring Younew tabLucilius
22On the Futility of Halfway Measuresnew tabLucilius
23On the True Joy Which Comes from Philosophynew tabLucilius
24On Despising Deathnew tabLucilius
25On Reformationnew tabLucilius
26On Old Age and Deathnew tabLucilius
27On the Good Which Abidesnew tabLucilius
28On Travel as a Cure for Discontentnew tabLucilius
29On the Critical Condition of Marcellinusnew tabLucilius
30On Conquering the Conquerornew tabLucilius
31On Siren Songsnew tabLucilius
32On Progressnew tabLucilius
33On the Futility of Learning Maximsnew tabLucilius
34On a Promising Pupilnew tabLucilius
35On the Friendship of Kindred Mindsnew tabLucilius
36On the Value of Retirementnew tabLucilius
37On Allegiance to Virtuenew tabLucilius
38On Quiet Conversationnew tabLucilius
39On Noble Aspirationsnew tabLucilius
40On the Proper Style for a Philosopher’s Discoursenew tabLucilius
41On the God Within Usnew tabLucilius
42On Valuesnew tabLucilius
43On the Relativity of Famenew tabLucilius
44On Philosophy and Pedigreesnew tabLucilius
45On Sophistical Argumentationnew tabLucilius
46On a New Book by Luciliusnew tabLucilius
47On Master and Slavenew tabLucilius
48On Quibbling as Unworthy of the Philosophernew tabLucilius
49On the Shortness of Lifenew tabLucilius
50On Our Blindness and Its Curenew tabLucilius
51On Baiae and Moralsnew tabLucilius
52On Choosing Our Teachersnew tabLucilius
53On the Faults of the Spiritnew tabLucilius
54On Asthma and Deathnew tabLucilius
55On Vatia’s Villanew tabLucilius
56On Quiet and Studynew tabLucilius
57On the Trials of Travelnew tabLucilius
58On Beingnew tabLucilius
59On Pleasure and Joynew tabLucilius
60On Harmful Prayersnew tabLucilius
61On Meeting Death Cheerfullynew tabLucilius
62On Good Companynew tabLucilius
63On Grief for Lost Friendsnew tabLucilius
64On the Philosopher’s Tasknew tabLucilius
65On the First Causenew tabLucilius
66On Various Aspects of Virtuenew tabLucilius
67On Ill-Health and Endurance of Sufferingnew tabLucilius
68On Wisdom and Retirementnew tabLucilius
69On Rest and Restlessnessnew tabLucilius
70On the Proper Time to Slip the Cablenew tabLucilius
71On the Supreme Goodnew tabLucilius
72On Business as the Enemy of Philosophynew tabLucilius
73On Philosophers and Kingsnew tabLucilius
74On Virtue as a Refuge from Worldly Distractionsnew tabLucilius
75On the Diseases of the Soulnew tabLucilius
76On Learning Wisdom in Old Agenew tabLucilius
77On Taking One’s Own Lifenew tabLucilius
78On the Healing Power of the Mindnew tabLucilius
79On the Rewards of Scientific Discoverynew tabLucilius
80On Worldly Deceptionsnew tabLucilius
81On Benefitsnew tabLucilius
82On the Natural Fear of Deathnew tabLucilius
83On Drunkennessnew tabLucilius
84On Gathering Ideasnew tabLucilius
85On Some Vain Syllogismsnew tabLucilius
86On Scipio’s Villanew tabLucilius
87Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Lifenew tabLucilius
88On Liberal and Vocational Studiesnew tabLucilius
89On the Parts of Philosophynew tabLucilius
90On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Mannew tabLucilius
91On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyonsnew tabLucilius
92On the Happy Lifenew tabLucilius
93On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Lifenew tabLucilius
94On the Value of Advicenew tabLucilius
95On the Usefulness of Basic Principlesnew tabLucilius
96On Facing Hardshipsnew tabLucilius
97On the Degeneracy of the Agenew tabLucilius
98On the Fickleness of Fortunenew tabLucilius
99On Consolation to the Bereavednew tabLucilius
100On the Writings of Fabianusnew tabLucilius
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