2 quotations linked to Moral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 71 by or associated with Seneca, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
Goals, moral purpose, virtue, honor, consistency, planning and Seneca’s claim that action needs a governing standard.
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“Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.”
Activity without a governing aim scatters effort; clear direction lets choices be judged against something more stable than impulse.
Letter 71 discusses the highest good and the need for a consistent standard behind plans and action.
“The Supreme Good is that which is honourable.”
Seneca defines the highest good in moral rather than material terms, making honorable character the standard for judging success.
Letter 71 argues that what is honorable is the only complete good.
