Seneca
“Moral Essays, Volume III. De Beneficiis. (Loeb Classical Library No. 310)”
1920320 pages~6h read
“Withdrawal into self-sufficiency (1. 1 singuli) under philosophical role-models (1. 1 optimos uiros) forces 'a radical rupture with regard to the state of unconsciousness in which man normally lives' in collective association (Hadot (1995) 254) and opens the way to 'impartiality, objectivity, and critical judgment' (247; 1. 1 tunc potest... detorqueat etc. ).”