You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.
Seneca Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 28, On Travel as a Cure for Discontent (65 CE) Translated by Richard Mott Gummere
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When and why it was written
- When
- From Seneca's twenty-eighth letter to Lucilius, around 64 CE.
- Why
- Lucilius complained that travel had not lifted his low spirits.
What it means
Seneca's answer is that you take yourself wherever you go. A new place changes the view, not the one who is looking.
The work he points to is inward, and it can be started without a ticket.
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