Seneca's Notion Of Tranquility With Montaigne

In this paper, I will intend to show the similarity and differences of Seneca’s notion of tranquility with Montaigne notion of solitude. While Seneca and Montaigne agrees that in order to have tranquility you need to be alone, Seneca suggests that you need to have a good life, while Montaigne suggests to be prepared to escape from the world. I will show how these points prove the similarity and difference from notion of tranquility with Montaigne notion of solitude. Seneca’s notion of tranquility with Montaigne’s notion of solitude are similar in one way. In order to have tranquility, you need to find a place to be alone where is clam and peaceful. For example, if you want to study for a major test, you would want to be in a place where there is quietness and that you are able to concentrate. According to Seneca, He states “seeking how the mind can follow a smooth and steady course, well disposed to itself, happily regarding its own condition and with no interruption to this pleasure,

For example, Montaigne mentions “if we can: but we should not become so attached to them that our happiness depends on them” (100). This statement shows that to be prepared to escape from the world, we must not become attached to our loved ones and not letting our happiness goes towards them. Montaigne also mentions “You should no longer be concerned with what the world says for you but with what you say to yourself. Withdraw into yourself, but first prepare yourself to welcome yourself there’ (107). This statement assures us that to be prepared to escape from the world, we should ignore what others have to say about us but just worry about what we say about ourselves. Therefore, according to Montaigne, to prepare to escape from the world, we should not be attached to people and make our happiness depend on them, we should not worry about what other people think about us and just think about