It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.

Seneca the Younger

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Topic

Free will Overcoming adversity Inner strength The mind

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

On the Happy Life

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

58 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Stoic Philosopher Writer

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Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Seneca the Younger. De Vita Beata [On the Happy Life]. c. 58.

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Augustine of Hippo. De civitate Dei contra paganos [On the City of God Against the Pagans]. c. 426, bk. 19, sect. 24.

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Augustine of Hippo. City of God, translated by Henry Bettenson. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 19, sect. 24.

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Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.

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Current Citation

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