Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium

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Stoic text collection of letters philosophical work

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium is a collection of moral and philosophical letters by the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger, offering practical guidance on ethics, virtue, and the good life.

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Label Occurrences
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium canonical 5
Moral Letters to Lucilius 2
Seneca's moral essays 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Stoic text ⓘ
collection of letters ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Letters to Lucilius ⓘ
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
surface form: Moral Letters to Lucilius
author Seneca the Younger ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition in Late Antiquity ⓘ
printed in early modern Europe ⓘ
widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 1st century CE ⓘ
dedicatedTo Lucilius Junior ⓘ
genre epistolary literature ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasModernUse source for Stoic practice ⓘ
text in philosophy curricula ⓘ
hasTheme death ⓘ
fate and providence ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
indifference to external goods ⓘ
philosophical practice ⓘ
time and its use ⓘ
tranquillity of mind ⓘ
virtue as the highest good ⓘ
influenced Christian moral thought ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
modern self-help literature ⓘ
influencedBy Chrysippus of Soli ⓘ
surface form: Chrysippus

Stoicism ⓘ
surface form: Stoic philosophy

Zeno of Citium ⓘ
intendedAudience Lucilius Junior ⓘ
surface form: Lucilius

students of philosophy ⓘ
literaryForm didactic letters ⓘ
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
mainSubject Stoicism ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ
the good life ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
notableLetter Letter 104: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind ⓘ
Letter 16: On Philosophy, the Guide of Life ⓘ
Letter 1: On Saving Time ⓘ
Letter 47: On Master and Slave ⓘ
numberOfBooks 20 ⓘ
numberOfLetters 124 ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Stoicism ⓘ
placeOfComposition Rome ⓘ

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Seneca the Younger → notableWork → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableWork → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Letters to Lucilius → alsoKnownAs → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium → alsoKnownAs → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moral Letters to Lucilius
De Ira → relatedWork → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
On Anger → partOf → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seneca's moral essays
De Brevitate Vitae → relatedWork → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
On Clemency → relatedWorkByAuthor → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moral Letters to Lucilius
De Tranquillitate Animi → relatedWorkByAuthor → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
On the Tranquility of Mind → partOf → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seneca’s moral essays
De Vita Beata → partOf → Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seneca's moral essays