Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ ˈsɛnɪkə / SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), [1] usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

2007年10月17日 · Seneca is a major philosophical figure of the Roman Imperial Period. As a Stoic philosopher writing in Latin, Seneca makes a lasting contribution to Stoicism. He occupies a central place in the literature on Stoicism at the time, and shapes the understanding of Stoic thought that later generations were to have.

Seneca’s exposure to the philosophy came from Attalus, a Stoic philosopher who was Seneca’s early teacher. Seneca was also an admirer of Cato, whose name appears regularly in his writing. Nonetheless, Seneca didn’t confine himself only to Stoicism—he borrowed liberally from other schools, as we see him citing Epicurus in several ...

2025年1月1日 · Seneca (born c. 4 bce, Corduba (now Córdoba), Spain—died 65 ce, Rome [Italy]) was a Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Rome’s leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century ce and was virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62, during the first phase of the emperor Nero ’s reign.

2024年11月30日 · As a Stoic philosopher, Seneca advocated for simplicity, virtue, and self-discipline, yet he navigated the treacherous waters of Roman imperial politics, serving as an advisor to the notoriously volatile Emperor Nero.

The ancient Roman philosopher Seneca was a Stoic who adopted and argued largely from within the framework he inherited from his Stoic predecessors. His Letters to Lucilius have long been widely read Stoic texts. Seneca’s texts have many aims: he writes to exhort readers to philosophy, to encourage them to continue study, to articulate his ...

2020年6月19日 · Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger, l. 4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman author, playwright, orator, and most importantly a tutor and advisor to the Roman emperor Nero (r. 54-68 CE). Influenced by Stoic philosophy, he wrote several philosophical treatises and 124 letters on moral issues, the Epistulae Morales (Moral Epistles).

2025年1月1日 · He was the father of the philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also called Seneca the Younger. Seneca disapproved of the artificial cleverness, often degenerating into absurdity, of many declaimers. He preferred the firmly disciplined style of Cicero, but he preserved some 100 examples of the declaimers’ art.

2025年1月1日 · Studied by St. Augustine and St. Jerome, Seneca’s works consoled the Christian philosopher Boethius in prison. His thought was a component of the Latin culture of the Middle Ages, often filtered through anthologies.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – 65 AD), was a Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and one of the most prominent Stoic philosophers of antiquity. Born into a wealthy and influential family, Seneca’s life was marked by his roles in politics, his contributions to Stoic philosophy, and his dramatic ...