Letters from a Stoic. Donald Robertson

Letters from a Stoic - Donald Robertson


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      The Ancient Classic

       SENECA

      With an Introduction by

       DONALD ROBERTSON

      Introduction copyright © Donald Robertson

      Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium) by Seneca

      Translated by Richard Mott Gummere

      A Loeb Classical Library edition; volume 1 published 1917; volume 2 published 1920; volume 3 published 1925

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      BY DONALD ROBERTSON

      Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger, is one of the most compelling and yet paradoxical figures in Roman history.

      Ancient historians, particularly Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio, provide us with important details about his life. These mainly regard Seneca's relationship with Nero, with whose rule as emperor his own story is intertwined. Our information from these sources is very sparse and its reliability has often been questioned.

      Seneca himself was a very prolific writer. Yet if we turn to his works for clues about his life and character, we encounter another notorious problem – he was carefully constructing his own public image.

      A second example is the way Seneca describes his banishment to the island of


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