Seneca · reading

On the first cause

Richard Mott Gummere · Loeb Classical Library, 1917–1925

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Passage

Letter 65, §2

Our Stoic philosophers, as you know, declare that there are two things in the universe which are the source of everything,—namely, cause and matter.

Commentary

[Discuss how Seneca introduces cause and matter, and distinguish his account from the comparisons that follow.]

Passage

Letter 65, §§4–6

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Commentary

[Compare the accounts of causation in this section.]

Passage

Letter 65, §§7–10

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Commentary

[Trace the role of purpose and the first cause.]

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