Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger was a prominent Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and playwright who served as advisor to Emperor Nero and authored influential works on ethics and practical wisdom.

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instanceOf Latin prose writer
Nero's advisor
Roman philosopher
Roman senator
Roman statesman
Stoic philosopher
dramatist
playwright
rhetorician
advisorTo Nero
alsoKnownAs Seneca the Younger
surface form: Seneca

Seneca the Younger
surface form: Seneca the Philosopher
birthPlace Cordoba (historical)
surface form: Corduba

Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Hispania
brother Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus
Marcus Annaeus Mela
causeOfDeath forced suicide
centralTheme brevity of life
clemency in rulers
control of passions
virtue as sufficient for happiness
citizenship Roman Empire
diedDuringReignOf Nero
diedIn Rome
era 1st century AD
father Seneca the Younger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seneca the Elder
fieldOfWork ethics
practical philosophy
tragedy
fullName Seneca the Younger self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
influenced Christian moral thought
Renaissance humanism
early modern philosophy
knownFor Latin tragedies
Stoic moral essays
writings on ethics
language Latin
memberOf Roman Senate
notableWork Agamemnon
De Beneficiis
De Brevitate Vitae
De Clementia
De Ira
De Providentia
De Tranquillitate Animi
De Vita Beata
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
Hercules Furens
Hercules Oetaeus
Letters to Lucilius
Medea
open-question argument
surface form: Natural Questions

Octavia
Oedipus
On Anger
On Clemency
On the Happy Life
On the Shortness of Life
On the Tranquility of Mind
Phaedra
Thyestes
Troades
occupation orator
philosopher
playwright
statesman
philosophicalSchool Stoicism
servedAs imperial advisor
tutor of Nero
spouse Pompeia Paulina

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Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus father Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus mentionedIn Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: writings of Seneca the Younger
Marcus Annaeus Mela sibling Seneca the Younger
Marcus Annaeus Mela younger brother of Seneca the Younger
Marcus Annaeus Mela notable relative Seneca the Younger
Pompeia Paulina spouse Seneca the Younger
Pompeia Paulina attemptedSuicideWith Seneca the Younger
Pompeia Paulina spouseFullName Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
modern Stoicism drawsOn Seneca the Younger
Lucius usedByNotableBearer Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Pierre Corneille influencedBy Seneca the Younger
Octavia (pseudo-Senecan tragedy) mainCharacter Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Seneca the Younger (character)
Lucan relative Seneca the Younger
Lucan uncle Seneca the Younger
Lucan influencedBy Seneca the Younger
To Himself influencedBy Seneca the Younger
Neostoicism influencedBy Seneca the Younger
De Constantia influencedBy Seneca the Younger
Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex influencedBy Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Seneca
Manuductio ad Stoicam Philosophiam influencedBy Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Seneca
Imperial court of Nero hasMember Seneca the Younger
Imperial court of Nero influencedBy Seneca the Younger
Strato of Lampsacus influenced Seneca the Younger
Joost Lips influencedBy Seneca the Younger
Tigellinus opponentOf Seneca the Younger
Banga hasPart Seneca the Younger
this entity surface form: Seneca