Tao Of Seneca Letter 11 - On The Blush Of Modesty

► Tao Of Seneca Letter 11 - On The Blush Of Modesty ◄

"Your friend and I have had a conversation. He is a man of ability;

his very first words showed what spirit and understanding he

possesses, and what progress he has already made. He gave me a

foretaste, and he will not fail to answer thereto. For he spoke not

from forethought, but was suddenly caught off his guard. When

he tried to collect himself, he could scarcely banish that hue of

modesty, which is a good sign in a young man; the blush that

spread over his face seemed so to rise from the depths. And I

feel sure that his habit of blushing will stay with him after he has

strengthened his character, stripped off all his faults, and become

wise. For by no wisdom can natural weaknesses of the body be

removed. That which is implanted and inborn can be toned down

by training, but not overcome.

The steadiest speaker, when before the public, often breaks

into a perspiration, as if he had wearied or over-heated himself;

some tremble in the knees when they rise to speak; I know of

some whose teeth chatter, whose tongues falter, whose lips quiver.

Training and experience can never shake off this habit; nature

exerts her own power and through such a weakness makes her

presence known even to the strongest.

I know that the blush, too, is a habit of this sort, spreading

suddenly over the faces of the most dignified men. It is, indeed

Moral Letters to Lucilius more prevalent in youth, because of the warmer blood and the sensitive countenance; nevertheless, both seasoned men and

aged men are affected by it. Some are most dangerous when they

redden, as if they were letting all their sense of shame escape.

Sulla, when the blood mantled his cheeks, was in his fiercest

mood. Pompey had the most sensitive cast of countenance; he

always blushed in the presence of a gathering, and especially at a

public assembly. Fabianus also, I remember, reddened when he

appeared as a witness before the senate; and his embarrassment

became him to a remarkable degree.

Such a habit is not due to mental weakness, but to the novelty of

a situation; an inexperienced person is not necessarily confused,

but is usually affected, because he slips into this habit by natural

tendency of the body. Just as certain men are full-blooded, so

others are of a quick and mobile blood, that rushes to the face

at once."

In this letter, Seneca talks a lot about Blush. He, indeed, has a fixation for blush ha

What does this letter have to teach us? Why this "blush" that Seneca talks about is so important to him?

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