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

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Citation

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

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The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

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The things which...are esteemed as the greatest good of all…can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With those three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

Baruch Spinoza

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Topic
What the world values

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione [Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect]. 1677, ch. 1, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. "The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect." Ethics: with The Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect and Selected Letters, edited by Seymour Feldman, translated by Samuel Shirley. Hackett Publishing Company, 1992, ch. 1, sect. 3.