Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Editor: David Widger
Release date: March 6, 2019 [eBook #59025]
Most recently updated: July 7, 2019
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
PREFACE |
DETAILED CONTENTS |
L. A. SENECA, ON BENEFITS |
BOOK I. |
BOOK II. |
BOOK III. |
BOOK IV. |
BOOK V. |
BOOK VI. |
BOOK VII. |
TO THE READER. |
OF SENECA'S WRITINGS. |
SENECA'S LIFE AND DEATH. |
CHAPTER I. | OF BENEFITS IN GENERAL. |
CHAPTER II. | SEVERAL SORTS OF BENEFITS. |
CHAPTER III. | A SON MAY OBLIGE HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER. |
CHAPTER IV. | IT IS THE INTENTION, NOT THE MATTER, THAT MAKES THE BENEFIT. |
CHAPTER V. | THERE MUST BE JUDGMENT IN A BENEFIT, AS WELL AS MATTER AND INTENTION; AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHOICE OF THE PERSON. |
CHAPTER VI. | THE MATTER OF OBLIGATIONS, WITH ITS CIRCUMSTANCES. |
CHAPTER VII. | THE MANNER OF OBLIGING. |
CHAPTER VIII. | THE DIFFERENCE AND VALUE OF BENEFITS. |
CHAPTER IX. | AN HONEST MAN CANNOT BE OUTDONE IN COURTESY. |
CHAPTER X. | THE QUESTION DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT A MAN MAY GIVE OR RETURN A BENEFIT TO HIMSELF? |
CHAPTER XI. | HOW FAR ONE MAN MAY BE OBLIGED FOR A BENEFIT DONE TO ANOTHER. |
CHAPTER XII. | THE BENEFACTOR MUST HAVE NO BY-ENDS. |
CHAPTER XIII. | THERE ARE MANY CASES WHEREIN A MAN MAY BE MINDED OF A BENEFIT, BUT IT IS VERY RARELY TO BE CHALLENGED, AND NEVER TO BE UPBRAIDED. |
CHAPTER XIV. | HOW FAR TO OBLIGE OR REQUITE A WICKED MAN. |
CHAPTER XV. | A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PARTS AND DUTIES OF THE BENEFACTOR. |
CHAPTER_XVI. | HOW THE RECEIVER OUGHT TO BEHAVE HIMSELF. |
CHAPTER_XVII. | OF GRATITUDE. |
CHAPTER_XVIII. | GRATITUDE MISTAKEN. |
CHAPTER XIX. | OF INGRATITUDE. |
CHAPTER XX. | THERE CAN BE NO LAW AGAINST INGRATITUDE. |
CHAPTER I. | OF A HAPPY LIFE, AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS. |
CHAPTER II. | HUMAN HAPPINESS IS FOUNDED UPON WISDOM AND VIRTUE; AND FIRST, OF WISDOM. |
CHAPTER III. | THERE CAN BE NO HAPPINESS WITHOUT VIRTUE. |
CHAPTER IV. | PHILOSOPHY IS THE GUIDE OF LIFE. |
CHAPTER V. | THE FORCE OF PRECEPTS. |
CHAPTER VI. | NO FELICITY LIKE PEACE OF CONSCIENCE. |
CHAPTER VII. | A GOOD MAN CAN NEVER BE MISERABLE, NOR A WICKED MAN HAPPY. |
CHAPTER VIII. | THE DUE CONTEMPLATION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IS THE CERTAIN CURE OF ALL MISFORTUNES. |
CHAPTER IX. | OF LEVITY OF MIND, AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS OF A HAPPY LIFE. |
CHAPTER X. | HE THAT SETS UP HIS REST UPON CONTINGENCIES SHALL NEVER BE QUIET. |
CHAPTER XI. | A SENSUAL LIFE IS A MISERABLE LIFE. |
CHAPTER XII. | AVARICE AND AMBITION ARE INSATIABLE AND RESTLESS. |
CHAPTER XIII. | HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE BANE OF HUMAN LIFE. |
CHAPTER XIV. | IT IS ACCORDING TO THE TRUE OR FALSE ESTIMATE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE HAPPY OR MISERABLE. |
CHAPTER XV. | THE BLESSINGS OF TEMPERANCE AND MODERATION. |
CHAPTER XVI. | CONSTANCY OF MIND GIVES A MAN REPUTATION, AND MAKES HIM HAPPY IN DESPITE OF ALL MISFORTUNE. |
CHAPTER XVII. | OUR HAPPINESS DEPENDS IN A GREAT MEASURE UPON THE CHOICE OF OUR COMPANY. |
CHAPTER XVIII. | THE BLESSINGS OF FRIENDSHIP. |
CHAPTER XIX. | HE THAT WOULD BE HAPPY MUST TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TIME. |
CHAPTER XX. | HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT MAY CHOOSE HIS OWN BUSINESS. |
CHAPTER XXI. | THE CONTEMPT OF DEATH MAKES ALL THE MISERIES OF LIFE EASY TO US. |
CHAPTER XXII. | CONSOLATIONS AGAINST DEATH, FROM THE PROVIDENCE AND THE NECESSITY OF IT. |
CHAPTER XXIII. | AGAINST IMMODERATE SORROW FOR THE DEATH OF FRIENDS. |
CHAPTER XXIV. | CONSOLATION AGAINST BANISHMENT AND BODILY PAIN. |
CHAPTER XXV. | POVERTY TO A WISE MAN IS RATHER A BLESSING THAN A MISFORTUNE. |
CHAPTER I. | ANGER DESCRIBED, IT IS AGAINST NATURE, AND ONLY TO BE FOUND IN MAN. |
CHAPTER II. | THE RISE OF ANGER. |
CHAPTER III. | ANGER MAY BE SUPPRESSED. |
CHAPTER IV. | IT IS A SHORT MADNESS, AND A DEFORMED VICE. |
CHAPTER V. | ANGER IS NEITHER WARRANTABLE NOR USEFUL. |
CHAPTER VI. | ANGER IN GENERAL, WITH THE DANGER AND EFFECTS OF IT. |
CHAPTER_VII. | THE ORDINARY GROUNDS AND OCCASIONS OF ANGER. |
CHAPTER_VIII. | ADVICE IN THE CASES OF CONTUMELY AND REVENGE. |
CHAPTER IX. | CAUTIONS AGAINST ANGER IN THE MATTER OF EDUCATION, CONVERSE, AND OTHER GENERAL RULES OF PREVENTING IT, BOTH IN OURSELVES AND OTHERS. |
CHAPTER X. | AGAINST RASH JUDGMENT. |
CHAPTER XI. | TAKE NOTHING ILL FROM ANOTHER MAN, UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE IT YOUR OWN CASE. |
CHAPTER_XII. | OF CRUELTY. |
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I. | The Influence of the Tragedies of Seneca upon Early English Drama | 1 |
II. | The Tragedies of Seneca Translated | |
Oedipus | 11 | |
Phoenissae | 51 | |
Medea | 79 | |
Hercules Furens | 115 | |
Phaedra or Hippolytus | 165 | |
Hercules Oetaeus | 213 | |
Thyestes | 287 | |
Troades | 333 | |
Agamemnon | 379 | |
Octavia, with a Review of the Roman Historical Drama | 415 | |
III. | Comparative Analyses of Seneca's Tragedies and the Corresponding Greek Dramas | 453 |
IV. | Mythological Index | 497 |