Seneca · c. 4 BCE – 65 CE
On Benefits 2.20 ¶1 — Seneca
Translation by Aubrey Stewart (1887)
Seneca, On Benefits 2.20 ¶1
The question has been raised, whether Marcus Brutus ought to have received his life from the hands of Julius Caesar, who, he had decided, ought to be put to death.
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Seneca, On Benefits 2.20 ¶1, tr. Aubrey Stewart (1887)
https://whatwouldstoicsdo.com/passage/on-benefits/2.20.1
Seneca, Dialogues, tr. Aubrey Stewart (1887–1889). Text: Standard Ebooks (CC0). Sources and licences
In plain English
AI-written notesA one-line statement of a puzzle case: whether Brutus should have accepted his life as a gift from Caesar, the man he had decided must die. On its own it poses a question and offers no guidance.
Themes and situations
- Gratitude
- Justice and fairness
- Freedom
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