"No one is crushed by Fortune, unless they are first deceived by her...those who aren't pompous in good times, don't have their bubbles burst with change. Against either circumstance, the stable person keeps their rational soul invincible, for it's precisely in the good times they prove their strength against adversity." -SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 5.4b, 5b-6
(" 운명에 먼저 속지 않는 한, 운명에 의해 무너지는 사람은 없습니다...호황일 때 자만하지 않는 사람들은, 변화로 인해 그들의 거품이 터지지 않습니다. 그 어느 상황에서도, 안정된 사람은 그들의 이성적인 영혼을 불굴의 것으로 유지합니다. 이는 바로 호황일 때 역경에 맞서 그들의 강인함을 증명하는 순간이기 때문입니다." - 세네카, 헬비아에게 위로의 편지에서, 5.4b, 5b-6)
In 41 AD, Seneca was exiled from Rome to Corsica-for what exactly, we are not sure, but the rumors were that he had an affair with the sister of the emperor. Shortly afterward, he sent a letter to his mother seeking to reassure her and comfort her in her grief. But in many ways, he must have been speaking to himself as well-scolding himself a little for this unexpected twist he was taking pretty hard.
He'd managed to achieve some measure of political and social success. He might have chased some pleasures of the flesh. Now he and his family were dealing with the consequences-as we all must bear for our behavior and for the risks we take.
How would he respond? How would he deal with it? Well, at the very ...
