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On Benefits
Seneca · c. 56 AD
20 chapters · 72 pages · Original text
Public domain · Project Gutenberg
Chapters
1
Of Benefits in General
~2 min · 1 pages
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2
Several Sorts of Benefits
~3 min · 2 pages
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3
A Son May Oblige His Father, and a Servant His Master
~8 min · 4 pages
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4
It Is the Intention, not the Matter, That Makes the Benefit
~5 min · 2 pages
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5
There Must Be Judgment in a Benefit, as Well as Matter and Intention; and Especially in the Choice of the Person
~3 min · 2 pages
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6
The Matter of Obligations, with Its Circumstances
~6 min · 4 pages
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7
The Manner of Obliging
~8 min · 4 pages
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8
The Difference and Value of Benefits
~9 min · 4 pages
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9
An Honest Man Cannot Be Outdone in Courtesy
~6 min · 3 pages
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10
The Question Discussed, Whether or not a Man May Give or Return a Benefit to Himself?
~3 min · 2 pages
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11
How Far One Man May Be Obliged for a Benefit Done to Another
~5 min · 3 pages
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12
The Benefactor Must Have No By-ends
~13 min · 6 pages
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13
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
~10 min · 6 pages
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14
How Far to Oblige or Requite a Wicked Man
~11 min · 5 pages
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15
A General View of the Parts and Duties of the Benefactor
~7 min · 4 pages
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16
How the Receiver Ought to Behave Himself
~11 min · 6 pages
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17
Of Gratitude
~7 min · 4 pages
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18
Gratitude Mistaken
~5 min · 3 pages
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19
Of Ingratitude
~8 min · 4 pages
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20
There Can Be No Law Against Ingratitude
~7 min · 3 pages
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