Moral Letters to Lucilius | work by Seneca the Younger | Britannica (original) (raw)

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discussed in biography

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  In Seneca: Philosophical works and tragedies
  …Ad Lucilium epistulae morales (Moral Letters to Lucilius). Those 124 brilliant essays treat a range of moral problems not easily reduced to a single formula.
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Epicureanism

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  In Western philosophy: Epicureanism
  …in his Epistulae morales (Moral Letters) he deliberately interspersed maxims from Epicurus through his Stoic exhortations.
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Stoicism

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  In Stoicism: Later Roman Stoicism
  …Essays) and Epistulae morales (Moral Letters) reinforce the new direction in Stoic thought. The Encheiridion (Manual) of Epictetus and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius furthered the sublime and yet personal consolation of the Stoic message and increasingly showed the strength of its rivalry to the burgeoning power of the…
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