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wisdom.html">wisdom of the Almighty, in a strain of sentiment corresponding to the
written.html">written soon after his return from exile. There is a confusion in the
observations, and may be regarded as a valuable production.
(390) Then follows a discourse.html">discourse.html">discourse.html">discourse on the Constancy of a wise.html">wise.html">Wise Man. This has
evidently distinct. It is one of the author.html">author's best productions, in
observations, suited to fortify the mind under the oppression of
This appears to have been written in the beginning of the reign of Nero,
not to have been destitute of foundation. The discourse abounds with
attended to by that infatuated emperor, might have prevented the
extravagancies, have rendered.html">rendered.html">rendered his name odious to posterity.
The discourse which succeeds is on the Shortness of life.html">life.html">life.html">life.html">Life, addressed to
the complaint of the shortness of life is not founded in truth: that it
otherwise improperly. He inveighs against indolence, luxury, and every
it to the study of wisdom, by which life may be rendered sufficiently
seems to have intended this as a vindication of himself, against those
maintained that a life can only be rendered happy by its conformity to
the possession of riches, where they happen to accrue. The author pleads
vindication is in many parts highly beautiful, and accompanied with
The conclusion of this discourse bears no similarity, in point of
Man. The beginning of this tract is wanting; but in the sequel the
and Epicureans, viz., whether a wise man ought to concern himself with
that a life of retirement was most suitable to a wise man, but they
deviate from this conduct; one party considering the deviation (391) as
.
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