Seneca

Part of Stoicism

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, playwright, and tutor to Emperor Nero. His philosophical works include the Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium), On the Shortness of Life, On Anger, and On the Happy Life. Seneca's Stoicism emphasizes practical ethical guidance: managing anger, facing mortality, using time wisely, and cultivating tranquility through reason.

As the Stoic philosophers — Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus — wrote in their enduring works of practical philosophy, Seneca represents a key concept that continues to inform philosophical thought and practice today.