"Seneca is the most notable subject of this time. In the liveliness and agility of form he has no one similar to him, apart from Ovid: but Seneca had at the same time a lively feeling of these qualities in him; and his strength was so great that at every opportunity that was offered to him, he could not refrain from showing it, nor did it even occur to him that he would seize it. . However, it can only rarely be said that he made blameworthy use of his great talents and high status; and if his life often shows a wisdom lowered to the level of prudence, his death has the imprint of a deliberate renunciation of the goods of this life. (vol. II, p. 61)"
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Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel
1820 – 1878
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