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What Would Stoics Do

Seneca · c. 4 BCE – 65 CE

On Benefits

Translation by Aubrey Stewart (1887) · 267 passages · 7 sections

Seven books addressed to Aebutius Liberalis on giving, receiving and returning benefits: how to give well, how to receive with gratitude, and why ingratitude is so common.

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Contents

  1. Book I18 passages
  2. Book II39 passages
  3. Book III42 passages
  4. Book IV45 passages
  5. Book V36 passages
  6. Book VI49 passages
  7. Book VII38 passages

Source and licence

Edition
L. Annaeus Seneca: Minor Dialogues, together with the dialogue On Clemency (1889) and On Benefits (1887), translated by Aubrey Stewart (Bohn's Classical Library)
Status
Tier A: Public domain in the UK and the US. Translator died 1918: public domain in the UK (life+70) and the US (published 1887–1889).
Attribution
Seneca, Dialogues, tr. Aubrey Stewart (1887–1889). Text: Standard Ebooks (CC0).
Digital text
Standard Ebooks (opens in a new tab) · CC0 1.0 (Standard Ebooks dedicates its own contributions to the public domain)

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