Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Moral Letters to Lucilius

Collection of letters advising on virtue, philosophy, and ethical living

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Rome's leading Stoic philosopher and most brilliant prose stylist, Seneca wrote letters and essays that brought Stoic ethics to practical human life. His Moral Letters to Lucilius are among the most humane writings of antiquity. He was forced to commit suicide by Nero, the emperor he had tutored.

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