Sublime

This is the position of the disinherited in every age. What must be the attitude toward the rulers, the controllers of political,

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may perhaps be attained by man, for to that extent I am inclined to believe that I am wise; whereas the persons of whom I was speaking have a superhuman wisdom which I may fail to describe, because I have it not myself;

I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private.

we are told that Job is undoubtedly righteous, so his prosperity could be said to lend support to the traditional view; but we also know that, for no reason other than his own whimsical interest in the test, God is about to deprive Job of the official rewards of genuine virtue.

What law? That of God; to preserve what is his own, and not lay claim to what is not his own, but to make use of what is granted to him, and not long for what is not granted; if anything is taken away from him, to surrender it willingly, and be grateful for the time in which he has enjoyed the use of

“But the wise person can lose nothing. Such a person has everything stored up for themselves, leaving nothing to Fortune, their own goods are held firm, bound in virtue, which requires nothing from chance, and therefore can’t be either increased or diminished.” —SENECA, ON THE FIRMNESS OF THE WISE, 5.4