[[135]] e.g. Ep. 57, 3, he is not even homo tolerabilis. On the bondage of the soul within the body, see Ep. 65, 21-23.

[[136]] Cf. Seneca, Ep. 53, 7, 8—quo quis peius habet minus sentit. "The worse one is, the less he notices it."

[[137]] D. i, 5.

[[138]] Plut. de repugn. Stoic. 34, 1050 C. Cf. Tert. de exh. castit. 2.

[[139]] Cf. Plutarch, non suaviter, 1104 F. kataphronoûntes eautôn ôs ephêmérôn kthe—of the Epicureans.

[[140]] Cf. Plutarch, non suaviter, 1104 C. tês aidiótetus elpìs kaì ho póthos tou eînai mántôn epótôn prespytatos ôn kaì melstos. Cf. ib. 1093 A.

[[141]] Sen. Ep. 117, 6.

[[142]] Ep. 102, 2.

[[143]] Ep. 102, 21; the following passages are from the same letter. Note the Stoic significance of naturale.

[[144]] Compare Cons. ad Marc. 25, 1, integer ille, etc.