Seneca, Ep.
94:1-2
That department of
philosophy which supplies precepts appropriate to the individual case, instead
of framing them for mankind at large — which, for instance, advises how a husband
should conduct himself towards his wife, or how a father should bring up his
children, or how a master should rule his slaves — this department of
philosophy, I say, is accepted by some as the only significant part, while the
other departments are rejected on the ground that they stray beyond the sphere
of practical needs — as if any man could give advice concerning a portion of
life without having first gained a knowledge of the sum of life as a whole! But Aristo the Stoic, on the contrary,
believes the above-mentioned department to be of slight import…
Translation by Gummere in Loeb.
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