Greetings All!

I am not new to philosophy, and I am acquainted with some of the
Stoic literature. Moreover I earn my living as both a library
technician and a bookseller. Nevertheless I would greatly appreciate
reading your opinion on which texts to include in my 'Stoic' library.
Presently I should like to restrict the texts I will read and
re-read to ten or twelve volumes. I have been looking to choose this
10-12 volumes from the Loeb Classics series.


Please note:

A couple of years ago I read Lebelle's paraphrase of Epictetus, but
also some parts of P.E. Matheson's translation of Epictetus'
Discourses in W.J. Oates' reader. I have also read Matheson's
translation of Epictetus' 'Enchiridion' and that of T.W. Higginson.
And I own the Everyman edition (C. Gill / R. Hard) of 'The
Discourses'.

I also have two translations of Marcus Aurelius, one by G. Long, the
other by R. Hard / C. Gill; the Robin Campbell translation of
Seneca's 'Letters From A Stoic'; and on the weekend I purchased the
Loeb Classic volume of Cicero's 'Tusculan Disputations' (J.E. King).
Now that you have some idea of where I have already been, I should
like to know which volumes to acquire and to read in the year to
come. Should I add Cicero's 'On Ends' and 'On Duties' to the volume
of 'Tusculan Disputations'? Is there anything in 'On Old Age', 'On
Friendship', and 'On Divinations' ;-) that a Stoic student really
ought to include as part of her daily reading. I think the latter
(On Divinations) would probably not help me to achieve my purpose any
more than acquiring the volume that includes 'On The Nature Of The
Gods' and 'Academics'. Yet I am open to others experience.

Should I also acquire Seneca's 'Moral Essays'? While I understand
the importance of reading his 'Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, I doubt
that I need to preoccupy myself much with 'Natural Questions' and his
'Tragedies'.

Please offer your suggestion while keeping in mind my objective. So
far I could justify to myself the acquisitions of only these 8
volumes in the Loeb Classical Library:

141 Tusculan Disputations
30 On Duties
131 Discourses (Book 1&2)
218 Discourses (Book 2&4)
58 Marcus Aurelius
75 Epistles 1-65
76 Epistles 66-92
77 Epistles 93-124

This would leave me to acquire 2 (for 10) to 4 (for 12) more volumes
to complete my core collection of daily readings. If you were going
along with this abitrary scheme, what would you add to my list (of
Loeb volumes) for purchase? Thanks for indulging me with your help!

-- Jack Gendron --