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Minor Dialogues, Together With the Dialogue on Clemency

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Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Seneca, Lucius Annaeus and Stewart, Aubrey
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Alexander the Great, 78, 98, 135, 141, 411.
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Alexandria, Library of, 270.
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Anger, 48; signs of, 49; results of, 50; definitions of, 50n; animals not subject to, 52; not natural, 54; should be resisted at the beginning, 57; examples of its results, 60; not necessary against enemies, 60; nor useful, 63; not necessary for punishment, 68; contrasted with reason, 69; creates vain-glory, but not magnanimity, 73; cannot act without the approval of the mind, 77; contrasted with ferocity, 80; the wise man will never be angry, 81; anger and fear, 87; anger ought to be done away with, 88; must never become a habit, 90; remedies for, 93; some men more prone to, than others, 93; influence of education, 95; and of prosperity, 96; cause of, 97; effect of trifles, 99; delay the best remedy, 104; anger caused by ignorance or arrogance, 106; or by desire for revenge, 108; its hideousness and danger, 111; its power, 114; contrasted with other vices and passions, 116; how to avoid it, 120; examples of anger indulged in, Cambyses, 131, 139; Astyages, 133; Darius, 135; Xerxes, 135; Alexander, 135; Lysimachus, 136; Caligula, 137, 139; Rhinocolura, 138; Cyrus, 139; examples of anger controlled, Antigonus, 140; Philip, 141; Augustus, 142; how injuries ought to be bourne, 144; better to heal than to avenge them, 146; the evils of anger, 147; its trifling beginnings, 149; money, 151; other causes, 152; value of self-examination, 154; how to soothe the anger of others, 156; Augustus and Vedius, 158; anger should be got rid of altogether, 159.
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Animals, anger in, 49, 52.
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Antigonus (monophthalmus), 141.
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Aristotle, 51n, 52, 58, 68, 118, 135, 287, 288.
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Apicius, the glutton, 217, 336.
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Asinius Pollio, 142, 285.
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Astyages, King of Persia, 133.
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Avarice, conquered by anger, 114.
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Athenodorus, quoted, 259, 265.
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Books, should be bought to read, not for show, 270.
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Burrus, prefect of Nero, 415.
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Caelius (Antipater), 125.
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Caesar, Augustus, 142, 158, 165, 182, 293, 372, 391, 393, 401.
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Caesar, Claudius, 360, 369, 370.
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Caesar, Gaius (Caligula), 44, 74, 109, 137, 140, 276, 280, 316, 334, 376.
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Caesar, Gaius, grandson of Augustus, 373.
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Caesar, Gaius Julius, 98, 149, 181, 333.
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Caesar, Germanicus, brother of Claudius, 374.
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Caesar, Lucius, grandson of Augustus, 373.
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Caesar, Nero, 382, 396, 415.
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Caesar, Tiberius, 11, 182, 373.
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Caligula. See Caesar, Gaius.
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Calmness, a sign of wisdom, 27.
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Cato, M., 5, 7, 10, 23, 31, 40, 108, 156, 192, 196, 228, 285, 286, 341.

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Minor Dialogues, Together With the Dialogue on Clemency, Project Gutenberg eBook #64576

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE DIALOGUE OF L. ANNAEUS SENECA, ADDRESSED TO NERO CAESAR. ON CLEMENCY.