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Seneca's Will 20.05.03
According to the orders of the emperor Nerona, the philosopher Seneca was deprived of all material belongings and given the choice of the death penalty or suicide.
Rejecting death by the hands of another, Seneca left as a will to his closest relatives and friends the unique thing which could not be taken from him: his way of life.
His manner of living consisted of modesty and simplicity, without limiting consciousness and intellect by excess.
These were his underlying fundamentals for the creation of true works.
Thus, his way of life was also his way of thinking.
It is particularly interesting that, in the majority of cases, truth retains some kind of inaccessibility for all.
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