L Annaeus Seneca On Benefits
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"Yet, " argues he, "there is also a certain amount of profitinherent in this virtue. " In what virtue is there not? But thatwhich we speak of as desirable for itself is such, that although itmay possess some attendant advantages, yet it would be desirableeven if stripped of all these. It is profitable to be grateful; yetI will be grateful even though it harm me. What is the aim of thegrateful man? is it that his gratitude may win for him more friendsand more benefits? What then? If a man is lik...ely to meet withaffronts by showing his gratitude, if he knows that far fromgaining anything by it, he must lose much even of what he hasalready acquired, will he not cheerfully act to his owndisadvantage? That man is ungrateful who, in returning a kindness, looks forward to a second gift--who hopes while he repays. I callhim ungrateful who sits at the bedside of a sick man because he isabout to make a will, when he is at leisure to think ofinheritances and legacies. Though he may do everything which a goodand dutiful friend ought to do, yet, if any hope of gain befloating in his mind, he is a mere legacy-hunter, and is anglingfor an inheritance.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
"Yet, " argues he, "there is also a certain amount of profitinherent in this virtue. " In what virtue is there not? But thatwhich we speak of as desirable for itself is such, that although itmay possess some attendant advantages, yet it would be desirableeven if stripped of all these. It is profitable to be grateful; yetI will be grateful even though it harm me. What is the aim of thegrateful man? is it that his gratitude may win for him more friendsand more benefits? What then? If a man is lik...ely to meet withaffronts by showing his gratitude, if he knows that far fromgaining anything by it, he must lose much even of what he hasalready acquired, will he not cheerfully act to his owndisadvantage? That man is ungrateful who, in returning a kindness, looks forward to a second gift--who hopes while he repays. I callhim ungrateful who sits at the bedside of a sick man because he isabout to make a will, when he is at leisure to think ofinheritances and legacies. Though he may do everything which a goodand dutiful friend ought to do, yet, if any hope of gain befloating in his mind, he is a mere legacy-hunter, and is anglingfor an inheritance.
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