On AngerSeneca

On Anger

Seneca · Translated by Aubrey Stewart

A study in three books of what anger is, why it is never useful, and how to prevent and calm it.

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Contents

  1. Book 1You have demanded of me, Novatus, that I should write how anger may be soothed, and it appears to me that you…21 passages
  2. Book 2My first book, Novatus, had a more abundant subject: for carriages roll easily down hill: now we must proceed…36 passages
  3. Book 3We will now, my Novatus, attempt to do that which you so especially long to do, that is, to drive out anger…43 passages

Text: Aubrey Stewart’s translation, from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.