# Moral Letters to Lucilius

- Identifiant : `seneca.epistulae_morales`
- Auteur : Seneca
- URL canonique : https://prokopton42.com/en/works/seneca/moral-letters-to-lucilius/livre-123/passage-17/
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## Passage 123.17

### Latin

Haec discenda, immo ediscenda sunt; non debet excusationes vitio philosophia suggerere. Nullam habet spem salutis aeger, quem ad intemperantiam medicus hortatur. Vale.

### French

la tâche de la philosophie n’est point de suggérer des excuses au vice. Plus d’espoir de salut pour le malade que son médecin invite à l’intempérance.

### English

You should learn such principles as these, nay rather you should learn them by heart; philosophy ought not to try to explain away vice. For a sick man, when his physician bids him live recklessly, is doomed beyond recall. Farewell.