Seneca's essays

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

2017-06-14

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Traditionally given in the following order:

De Providentia (On providence) - addressed to Lucilius
De Constantia Sapientis (On the Firmness of the Wise Person) - addressed to Serenus
De Ira (On anger) – A study on the consequences and the control of anger - addressed to his brother Novatus
Ad Marciam, De consolatione (To Marcia, On Consolation) – Consoles her on the death of her son
De Vita Beata (On the Happy Life) - addressed to Gallio

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Hispano-Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and—in one work—satirist from the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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  year = "2017",
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