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- Seneca conceived of education as a pursuit that is, by divine right, accessible to all people. Seneca not only condemned and mocked the system of slavery, but he argued that slaves should have access to philosophical training.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ ˈ s ɛ n ɪ k ə / SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), 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.
Seneca the Younger thus came to Rome very early, likely by age 5, to begin his training for Roman public life. Seneca’s early education is likely to have been typical of Roman elites at the time—focusing on language (both Greek and Latin) and traditional texts.
Apr 8, 2024 · An aunt took young Seneca as a boy to Rome, and there he was trained as an orator and educated in philosophy in the school of the Sextii, which blended Stoicism with an ascetic Neo-Pythagoreanism. Seneca’s health suffered, and he went to recuperate in Egypt, where his aunt lived with her husband, the prefect, Gaius Galerius.
- Seneca was a Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Rome’s leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century CE and was virtu...
- Seneca was the second son of a wealthy family. His father, Seneca the Elder, had been a famous teacher of rhetoric in Rome. His mother’s name was H...
- Seneca wrote Stoic philosophical treatises, such as the Moral Letters to Lucilius, a series of essays which discuss a range of moral problems. He a...
- As Nero’s tutor, Seneca had considerable political influence in the early years of that emperor’s reign. With his friend Burrus, Seneca introduced...
- Seneca fell out of favour with Nero in 62. He withdrew from public life, and in his remaining years he wrote some of his best philosophical works....
Jun 19, 2020 · 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).
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Oct 17, 2007 · 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.
Apr 28, 2016 · Massive reference work giving systematic treatment to each of Seneca’s works, to main elements of his philosophy, and to his style and composition. Especially useful for minor works, which are accorded much more detailed treatment than the major treatises and letters.
Seneca the Younger (4 BCE-CE 65) was a Roman statesman and a stoic philosopher. He worked in multiple genres that ranged from treatise to tragedy, and he wrote on themes as diverse as political duties and preparation for one’s death. This thesis will focus on his philosophical beliefs about education and slavery.
