Synopsis: Today we begin reading a letter from Seneca to his friend and student, Lucilius, about the nature of a true friendship. His description of such a friendship conforms to the Rambam’s explanation of the type of friend we are commanded by the Sages to acquire for ourselves at all costs.
Sources:
- Seneca: Letter #6 – On Friendship and the Sharing of Knowledge
- Rambam: Mishneh Torah, Sefer ha’Mada, Hilchos Deios 2:1
- Rambam: Commentary on the Mishnah, Avos 1:6
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Stoic texts:
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic Master (Seneca)
The Discourses of Epictetus
The Enchiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus
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