Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency

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1. 1SENECA’S MORALS OF A HAPPY LIFE, BENEFITS, ANGER AND CLEMENCY.
2. 2TO THE READER.
3. 3OF SENECA’S WRITINGS.
4. 4SENECA’S LIFE AND DEATH.
5. 5SENECA OF BENEFITS.
6. 6CHAPTER I. OF BENEFITS IN GENERAL.
7. 7CHAPTER II. SEVERAL SORTS OF BENEFITS.
8. 8CHAPTER III. A SON MAY OBLIGE HIS FATHER, AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER.
9. 9CHAPTER IV. IT IS THE INTENTION, NOT THE MATTER, THAT MAKES THE BENEFIT.
10. 10CHAPTER V. THERE MUST BE JUDGMENT IN A BENEFIT, AS WELL AS MATTER AND INTENTION; AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CHOICE OF THE PERSON.
11. 11CHAPTER VI. THE MATTER OF OBLIGATIONS, WITH ITS CIRCUMSTANCES.
12. 12CHAPTER VII. THE MANNER OF OBLIGING.
13. 13CHAPTER VIII. THE DIFFERENCE AND VALUE OF BENEFITS.
14. 14CHAPTER IX. AN HONEST MAN CANNOT BE OUTDONE IN COURTESY.
15. 15CHAPTER X. THE QUESTION DISCUSSED, WHETHER OR NOT A MAN MAY GIVE OR RETURN A BENEFIT TO HIMSELF?
16. 16CHAPTER XI. HOW FAR ONE MAN MAY BE OBLIGED FOR A BENEFIT DONE TO ANOTHER.
17. 17CHAPTER XII. THE BENEFACTOR MUST HAVE NO BY-ENDS.
18. 18CHAPTER XIII. THERE ARE MANY CASES WHEREIN A MAN MAY BE MINDED OF A BENEFIT, BUT IT IS VERY RARELY TO BE CHALLENGED, AND NEVER TO BE UPBRAIDED.

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