Seneca: On Clemency, addressed to Nero - (My Narration & Notes)

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  • On Clemency is a two volume hortatory essay written in 55-56 CE by Seneca the Younger to the emperor Nero in the first five years of his reign
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    Timestamps
    Start 0:00
    Book 1.1 - 0:10
    Book 1.2 - 6:21
    Book 1.3 - 8:11
    Book 1.4 - 11:49
    Book 1.5 - 13:40
    Book 1.6 - 17:46
    Book 1.7 - 19:16
    Book 1.8 - 21:26
    Book 1.9 - 24:44
    Book 1.10 - 31:34
    Book 1.11 - 33:44
    Book 1.12 - 36:13
    Book 1.13 - 39:37
    Book 1.14 - 43:18
    Book 1.15 - 45:19
    Book 1.16 - 48:40
    Book 1.17 - 50:59
    Book 1.18 - 52:32
    Book 1.19 - 54:24
    Book 1.20 - 59:13
    Book 1.21 - 1:00:54
    Book 1.22 - 1:03:36
    Book 1.23 - 1:05:13
    Book 1.24 - 1:06:35
    Book 1.25 - 1:07:40
    Book 1.26 - 1:10:45
    Book 2.1 - 1:14:12
    Book 2.2 - 1:16:10
    Book 2.3 - 1:18:20
    Book 2.4 - 1:19:37
    Book 2.5 - 1:21:58
    Book 2.6 - 1:24:29
    Book 2.7 - 1:27:18
    Book 2.8 - 1:30:43

Komentáře • 42

  • @VoxStoica
    @VoxStoica  Před 3 lety +3

    Get the book on Amazon: geni.us/OnClemency (affiliate)
    On Wikisource: en.wikisource.org/wiki/Of_Clemency/Book_I

  • @nikaimoore
    @nikaimoore Před 3 lety +20

    You deserve more views man , this is ancient knowledge, with a great calming voice reading it

    • @Jide-bq9yf
      @Jide-bq9yf Před 3 lety +2

      Tragic Isn’t it . I’ve returned to the reader’s “On the shortness of life “ .time and time again .

  • @tommurgatroyd7664
    @tommurgatroyd7664 Před 3 lety +10

    “It’s not at all that we have too short a time to live, but that we squander a great deal of it.” Seneca. Your channel inspires me to live a better, more inclusive life. Thank you!

    • @ismailgodo5342
      @ismailgodo5342 Před 3 lety +3

      Stoicism is to live well, whether in a castle or under a bridge.

  • @OldWorldFanatic
    @OldWorldFanatic Před 3 lety +18

    Very excited to listen. This man deserves more supporters.

  • @icecreamtruckog3667
    @icecreamtruckog3667 Před 2 lety +3

    Yes what Vox Stoica is doing is both high quality and necessary to know so the human race can become better.

  • @sophist7070
    @sophist7070 Před 3 lety +2

    Came here after reading that Calvijn, the reformer, had written a commentary on this very book in the mid 16th century.
    It's fascinating how these words have transcended time. Yet disheartening how they are still relevant to this day.
    Thank you very much for this reading!

  • @fraidoonw
    @fraidoonw Před 3 lety +3

    wonderful wonderful! let all politicians listen to it and act accordingly. thanks Vox!

  • @Omar31587
    @Omar31587 Před 3 lety +5

    As is a tale, so is life. Not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

  • @mmka5434
    @mmka5434 Před rokem +2

    I think that I would be listening to your reads for the rest of my life, specifically those of Seneca.
    I love your channel and admire your work.
    Thank you Robin. ✍️

    • @VoxStoica
      @VoxStoica  Před rokem +2

      Thank you Mka, wonderful to hear you listen so often and have found the content so useful!

    • @mmka5434
      @mmka5434 Před rokem

      @@VoxStoica It's a pleasure.

  • @houmanyousefi7573
    @houmanyousefi7573 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you! I've waited for this for quite some time.

  • @ChuckNorris-gv8pv
    @ChuckNorris-gv8pv Před 3 lety +1

    So happy your back

  • @wilhelmvo6399
    @wilhelmvo6399 Před rokem +1

    I highly enjoy you're videos thank you very much

  • @adamserrecchia3784
    @adamserrecchia3784 Před 3 lety +2

    Love the narrative..one of my favorite stations 🗡️

  • @lakshmanvajjakeshavula5380

    Thank you sir

  • @denisdimitrov5051
    @denisdimitrov5051 Před měsícem

    I try to learn a lot about the roman emperors.. I feel like Nero was the one that really tried the hardest to be a good emperor despite his character. Time after time, when he listened to advice he tried to adjust to critism. By the looks of it, a man with strange demeanor but with great wisdom and humble in listening to people that know better... He truly is different than the rest of the roman emperors.

  • @user-uw7lu2sp5n
    @user-uw7lu2sp5n Před 10 měsíci

    Awesome

  • @akalyx
    @akalyx Před 3 lety

    thanks!

  • @christhompson7163
    @christhompson7163 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you Robin

  • @jauregi2726
    @jauregi2726 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you 🙏

  • @jsoth2675
    @jsoth2675 Před 8 měsíci +1

    For the algorithm!

  • @guscadle5378
    @guscadle5378 Před 2 lety

    Is there a part 2

  • @CryMePlease
    @CryMePlease Před 3 lety +1

    Concerning Book 1:23
    I wonder if the "War on Drugs" and other "wars" were established as a way to convince people to use and/or sell drugs. Specially in areas with greater vigilance. Too many people behind bars for putting thing in their bodies, as if it were a crime. Yet nowadays crime, it seems to me, can be better defined as: That which a governing body deems as punishable, regardless of wether or not it is harmful to another or maybe even one self.
    More or less.
    The ancients had such knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge which has been passed down through millenia, only without successfully transferring the wisdom to accompany it.
    Thank you for such wonderful reading.

  • @kahmierruff3481
    @kahmierruff3481 Před rokem

    47:52

  • @MultiMediaEvan
    @MultiMediaEvan Před 3 lety +1

    I guess this letter didn't really work...

    • @boomerhgt
      @boomerhgt Před 3 lety

      It certainly didn't Nero turned out to be a total bastard and Seneca writing this letter probably knew exactly the nature of this man

  • @SignedWithJohnny
    @SignedWithJohnny Před 2 lety

    Imagine if Stalin had listedned to this… amazing.

  • @krishyyfan5153
    @krishyyfan5153 Před rokem

    8... 21:29

  • @krishyyfan5153
    @krishyyfan5153 Před rokem

    book 1.. 15

  • @pinoysarisari7374
    @pinoysarisari7374 Před rokem

    ch 10 bookk 1

  • @pinoysarisari7374
    @pinoysarisari7374 Před rokem

    book 2 chap 5

  • @madisons2117
    @madisons2117 Před rokem

    I think perhaps maybe just possibly Jeff Bezos could find a lesson in this.

  • @lokoomontana4818
    @lokoomontana4818 Před 3 lety

    I am the 666th view

    • @gameshot586
      @gameshot586 Před 3 lety

      Yikes 😬🧟‍♂️

    • @nickcalling9695
      @nickcalling9695 Před 3 lety

      ?..... oh some superstitious eastern school of thought!....We are reasoning people