Seneca

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. While he was later forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent.

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	Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, Robin Campbell (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 20,108 ratings — published 64 — 209 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 by Seneca, Charles Desmond Nuttall Costa (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 17,472 ratings — published 49 — 189 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) 4.06 avg rating — 2,982 ratings — published 50 — 50 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
	Four Tragedies and Octavia by Seneca, E.F. Watling (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — published 64 — 6 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 3.83 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 54 — 28 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) 4.35 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 64 — 7 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
	The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters by Seneca, Moses Hadas (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 505 ratings — published 65 — 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
	L'arte di essere felici by Seneca, Mario Scaffidi Abbate (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 1,462 ratings — published 55 — 149 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
	Moral Essays: Volume I De Providentia. De Constantia. De Ira. De Clementia by Seneca, John W. Basore (Translator) 4.28 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 64 — 2 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
	Thyestes by Seneca, R.J. Tarrant (Editor) 3.66 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 65 — 29 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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Seneca - Complete Roman Drama in Translation (2 books)
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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

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

tags: inspirational

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