The Philosopher
Seneca
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- Roman
- Schools:
- Stoicism, School of the Sextii
- Branchs:
- Ethics, Rhetoric, Philosophy
- Period:
- Ancient Rome
The synopsis
The works
Hercules
Troades
Phoenissae
Medea
Phaedra
Oedipus
Agamemnon
Thyestes
Hercules Oetaeus
Octavia
De Providentia
De Constantia Sapientis
De Ira
Ad Marciam, De consolatione
De Vita Beata
De Otio
De Tranquillitate Animi
De Brevitate Vitae
De Consolatione ad Polybium
Ad Helviam matrem, De consolatione
De Clementia
De Beneficiis
De Superstitione
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
Apocolocyntosis divi Claudii
Naturales quaestiones
The quotes
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
While we teach, we learn.
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.