Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers

Selections from the Writings of Seneca
place which belongs to it
by right of birth. Its
origin calls it on high.
Let another begin a quarrel, but let reconciliation
begin with thee.
What else is nature than God and the divine reason
that permeates the whole world and all its parts.
Whithersoever thou turnest thou wilt see Him before
thee; there is no place where He is not; He Himself
fills all His work.
Every crime is committed before the deed is done.
The human mind has come down from the spirit
that dwells on high.
Believe me, the creator of this vast universe, who
ever he may have been, whether it was a god, master
of everything, whether it was an incoporeal intelli
gence able to bring forth the most brilliant marvels,
whether it was a divine spirit diffused with equal en
ergy in the smallest and the largest things, whether
it was destiny and an immutable concatenation of
causes linked together: this sovereign potentate did
not wish to leave us dependent upon any
even in the smallest matters.
one else
Stars shall impinge upon stars and all matter that
now delights us with its beautiful order will burn in
one huge conflagration.
How often he who refuses pardon to others begs it
for himself!
It is base to say one thing and mean another; it
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