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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Latin for "Moral Letters to Lucilius"), also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a letter collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years.
Seneca's first letter to Lucilius, discussing the value of time, in Latin with English subtitles. His works discuss both ethical theory and practical advice, and Seneca stresses that both parts are distinct but interdependent. [51] His Letters to Lucilius showcase Seneca's search for ethical perfection. [51]
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 of Seneca at their most mature.
The motto is an inversion of the original, which appeared in Seneca the Younger's Moral Letters to Lucilius around AD 65. [1] It appears in an occupatio passage wherein Seneca imagines Lucilius's objections to his arguments.
The information about Lucilius comes from Seneca's writings, especially his Moral Letters, which are addressed to Lucilius. Seneca also dedicated his Naturales Quaestiones and his essay De Providentia to Lucilius. Lucilius seems to have been a native of Campania, and Seneca refers repeatedly to "your beloved Pompeii." [1] At the time Seneca ...
From a passage of occupatio in Seneca the Younger's moral letters to Lucilius, [13] wherein Lucilius is given the argument that too much literature fails to prepare students for life non vi, sed verbo: Not by force, but by the word [of God]
Seneca the Younger's Letter 47 of his Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, sometimes known as On Master and Slave or On Slavery, is an essayistic look at dehumanization in ...
Seneca's Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium advise Lucilius Junior to meditate on death. [1] [26] Later, Epictetus was reported by his students in his Discourses to advise reminding oneself of the impermanent nature of things and the mortality of living beings. [27]