Seneca: 148 books

The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (English: Moral Epistles to Lucilius) is a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily, although he is known only through Seneca's writings. In these letters,...

Life is long if you know how to use it. From the author of Letters from a Stoic, comes another brilliant, timeless guide to living well. Written as a moral essay to his friend Paulinus, Seneca’s biting words still pack a powerful punch two thousand years later. With its brash rejection of...

De Vita Beata ("On the Happy Life") is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira ("On Anger"). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts...

“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. De Vita Beata or On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also...

Seneca richtet seine Schrift »Vom glücklichen Leben« an seinen Bruder Gallio. Als Mitglied der römischen Oberschicht verfügt Seneca über große Reichtümer. Wenn Seneca in »Vom glücklichen Leben« den Weg zum vollendeten Glück beschreibt, so geht es ihm vor allem um den inneren Widerstand...

Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes Seneca's plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behaviour....

'No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.' In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote exercises in practical philosophy that draw upon contemporary...

This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately...

Seneca's Letters from a Stoic are a profound and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind, from one of the most insightful philosophers of Roman literature A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called...

"To relax the mind is to lose it." Stoic Six Pack 2 brings together six more essential texts for students of Stoicism: Consolations From A Stoic by Seneca On The Shortness of Life by Seneca Lectures and Fragments of Musonius Rufus Ethical Fragments by Hierocles Meditations In...

"To relax the mind is to lose it." Stoic Six Pack 2 brings together six more essential texts for students of Stoicism: Consolations from a Stoic by Seneca On the Shortness of Life by Seneca Lectures and Fragments of Musonius Rufus Ethical Fragments by Hierocles Meditations...

Timeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca "It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die," wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC–65 AD). He counseled readers to "study death always," and took his own advice, returning...

As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic ideology, in which philosophy is a practical form of self-improvement rather than a matter of argument or wordplay. Seneca's...

'You ask what is the proper measure of wealth? The best measure is to have what is necessary, and next best, to have enough. Keep well!' The letters written by the Stoic philosopher and tragedian Seneca to his friend Lucilius are in effect moral essays, whose purpose is to reinforce Lucilius' struggle...