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Seneca (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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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. Seneca’s philosophical works played a large role in the revival of Stoic ideas in the Renaissance. Even today, many readers approach Stoic philosophy through Seneca, rather than through the more fragmentary evidence that we have for earlier Stoics. Seneca’s writings are stunningly diverse in their generic range. More than that, Seneca develops further and shapes several philosophical genres, most important, the letter and so-called “consolations” (Graver 2023, Ch. 7); his essay On Mercy is considered the first example of what came to be known as the “mirror of the prince” literature. After several centuries of relative neglect, Seneca’s philosophy has been rediscovered in the la

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