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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