To those who believe that one quite special kind of life is free from pain, as some do the life of farmers, others that of bachelors, others that of kings, the words of menander 1 are a sufficient reminder :. and how dissimilar the two works are in treatment, design, terminology, and form ( pace hirzel, der. seneca, 2 retecta, in aperto posita, quae manu prenderem, quaedam obscuriora et in recessu, quaedam non continua sed ex intervallis redeuntis, quae vel molestissima dixerim, ut hostis vagos et ex occasionibus adsilientis, per quos neutrum licet, nec tamquam in bello paratum esse nec tam - quam in pace securum. now he 1 who said, ‘ the man who would be tranquil in his mind must not engage in many affairs, either private or public, ’ first of all makes our tranquillity very expensive if it is bought at the price of inactivity ; it is as though he advised every sick man :. that seneca' s de tranquillitate animi goes back to an immediate original common to plutarch' s work also is extremely unlikely. only one anecdote, one quotation, and a dozen or so commonplaces are not nearly enough to show any close relationship. we would like to show you a description here but the site won’ t allow us. ’ 1 for it is possible to change the direction of fortune when she has pdf given us things we do not wish. section 19 section 20 plutarch wisheth all health to his paccius. it was late before i received your letter, wherein you make it your request that i would write something to you concerning the tranquillity of plutarco the mind, and of those de tranquillitate animi plutarco pdf things in the timaeus which require a more perspicuous interpretation. this, then, we should practice and cultivate first of all, like the man who threw a stone at his dog, but missed her and hit his stepmother, whereupon he exclaimed, ‘ not so bad after all!