Ideas from 'On Providence' by Seneca the Younger [60], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Dialogues and Essays' by Seneca (ed/tr Davie,John) [Penguin 2007,978-0-19-280714-4]].

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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness

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To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods

13549

Nothing bad can happen to a good man

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon