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De Clementia (frequently translated as On Mercy in English) is a two volume (incomplete) hortatory essay written in AD 55–56 by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to the emperor Nero in the first five years of his reign.
Apr 3, 2022 · Of Clemency (De Clementia), Book I (1900) by Seneca, translated by Aubrey Stewart
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 1. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1928. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License . An XML version of this text is available for download, with the ...
Deinde habet haec in persona quoque innocentium locum, quia interim fortuna pro culpa est ; nec innocentiae tantum clementia succurrit , sed saepe virtuti, quoniam quidem condicione temporum incidunt quaedam, quae possint laudata puniri.
[ 4 ] Clementia ergo non tantum honestiores sed tutiores praestat ornamentumque imperiorum est simul et certissima salus. Quid enim est, cur reges consenuerint liberisque ac nepotibus tradiderint regna, tyrannorum exsecrabilis ac brevis potestas sit ?
Feb 12, 2009 · The introduction includes discussion of Seneca's life, relationship with Nero, writings, and philosophy; the date, genre, scope, structure, and argument of De Clementia; the concept of...
To The Emperor Nero. On Mercy. book i. I have undertaken, Nero Caesar, to write on the subject of mercy, in order to serve in a way the purpose of a mirror, and thus reveal you to yourself as one destined to attain to the greatest of all pleasures.
