On the Happy Life
Seneca answers his critics — can you preach simplicity while living in luxury? His answer is more honest than you'd expect.
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We could cure ourselves of this problem if we broke away from the crowd. But instead, the mob is ready to fight against reason to defend its own mistakes. The same thing happens in elections. When the fickle wind of popular opinion changes direction, the very people who voted for the consuls and praetors suddenly view them with wonder and admiration. When we make decisions based on majority vote, we all end up approving and disapproving of the same things.