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Seneca

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Córdoba, Spain

Died

January 09, 0065

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Philosophy, Fiction

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca or Seneca the Younger); ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero, who later forced him to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to have him assassinated.

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Average rating: 4.18 · 153,629 ratings · 11,049 reviews · 2,705 distinct works • Similar authors

	Letters from a Stoic 4.33 avg rating — 55,844 ratings — published 64 — 376 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It by Seneca, C.D.N. Costa (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 45,122 ratings — published 49 — 507 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medea by Seneca, Frederick Ahl (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 4,285 ratings — published -431 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre uma vida feliz by Seneca, Miguel Marques (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 4,014 ratings — published 55 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peace of Mind: De Tranquillitate Animi 4.11 avg rating — 2,848 ratings — published 60	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life by Seneca, James S. Romm (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 2,813 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Anger 4.19 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — published 41 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutlu Yaşam Üzerine ve Yaşamın Kısalığı Üzerine by Seneca, C. Cengiz Çevik (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 1,531 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phaedra 3.77 avg rating — 1,618 ratings — published 54 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialogues and Essays by Seneca, John Davie (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 1,237 ratings — published 64 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Seneca

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers (42 books)
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James S. Romm (Editor)

3.85 avg rating — 18,903 ratings

Letters on Ethics (2 books)
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Seneca,

Andy Lương (Translator)

4.01 avg rating — 219 ratings

Seneca - Complete Roman Drama in Translation (2 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 154 ratings

Quotes by Seneca (?)

“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

tags: perseverance, suicide, survival

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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
― Seneca

tags: attitude, gratitude, happiness, inspirational-quotes, satisfaction

2219 likes

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Seneca

tags: inspirational

1590 likes

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April 2025 Old School Classics Poll

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 1859, 672 pp

63 votes, 30.6%

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 1862, 244 pp

43 votes, 20.9%

Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, 65 AD, 254 pp

33 votes, 16.0%

The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, 1903, 315 pp

22 votes, 10.7%

The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, 1002, 364 pp

21 votes, 10.2%

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life by Herman Melville, 1846, 346 pp

13 votes, 6.3%

Little Fadette by George Sand, 1848, 185 pp

11 votes, 5.3%

206 total votes

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