Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
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SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF SENECA<br />
TO WHICH PASSAGES MORE OR LESS CLOSELY AKIN<br />
OCCUR IN THE SCRIPTURES.<br />
FROM THE LETTERS TO LUCILIUS.<br />
A holy spirit dwells within us, the observer <strong>and</strong><br />
keeper <strong>of</strong> the evil <strong>and</strong> the good; it treats us just<br />
is<br />
treated by us.<br />
as it<br />
If you do what is right, let all men know it; if<br />
what is wrong, does it matter that no one knows it,<br />
since you know it<br />
yourself? O what a wretched man<br />
you are if you disregard such a witness!<br />
The human mind has come down from the spirit<br />
that dwells on high.<br />
Fortune exempts many from punishment; from<br />
fear, no one.<br />
It is natural for those who have done wrong to be<br />
afraid.<br />
The light is irksome to a bad conscience.<br />
The guilty have sometimes the good fortune not to<br />
be found out; never the certainty <strong>of</strong> it.<br />
Good precepts, if you <strong>of</strong>ten reflect upon them, will<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>it you equally with good examples.<br />
If thou wouldst gain the favor <strong>of</strong> the gods, be good.<br />
He adequately worships the gods who imitates them.<br />
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