Letter 50

On Exhortations

De exhortationibus

Summary

Seneca urges immediate commitment to philosophy and warns against procrastination. He emphasizes that there's no better time to begin than now.

TimeDaily PracticeVirtue

Translated by Richard M. Gummere, 1917

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