Letter 80. On Worldly Deceptions

Moral Letters, Vol. II

by Lucius Annaeus SENECA (4 BCE - 65)

This is the second volume of the Letters, Epistles LXVI-XCII. Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to the readers of to-day such dramatic interest as does Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the author of the Epistles. These letters, written by Seneca towards the end of his life, are all addressed to his friend Lucilius, who, at the time when these letters were written, was a procurator in Sicily. The form of this work, as Bacon says, is a collection of essays rather than of letters. Summary paraphrased from the Introduction in Volume 1 by Suprad.

Listen next episodes of Moral Letters, Vol. II:
Letter 81. On Benefits , Letter 82. On the Natural Fear of Death , Letter 83. On Drunkenness , Letter 84. On Gathering Ideas , Letter 85. On Some Vain Syllogisms , Letter 86. On Scipio’s Villa , Letter 87. Some Arguments in Favour of the Simple Life , Letter 88. On Liberal and Vocational Studies , Letter 89. On the Parts of Philosophy , Letter 90. On the Part Played by Philosophy in the Progress of Man , Letter 91. On the Lesson to Be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons , Letter 92. On the Happy Life