Sublime

Crois-moi, Lucilius, loin que le trépas soit à craindre, nous lui devons de ne plus craindre rien. Entends donc sans alarme les menaces de ton ennemi ;

who or what is really endangered? Our real, spiritual self can never be threatened because it can never die. Our physical well-being is not endangered by words or opinions, no matter how hostile. The threat we perceive is thus against our ego, to which we are as attached as to our bodies. Most easily threatened is the mask of the ego, a fragile