Genres & Moods
Philosophy
Arguments about ethics, knowledge, nature, power and the good life, read with attention to both their historical setting and their practical claims.
5 covered books
Philosophy · Non FictionAnger, Mercy, Revenge
On Anger, On Clemency, and The Pumpkinification of Claudius
By Seneca
Three sharply different works examine anger as a chosen moral failure, clemency as a ruler's disciplined power, and the dead emperor Claudius through an irreverent political satire.
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Philosophy · Non FictionHardship and Happiness
Nine Essays on Consolation and the Good Life
By Seneca
Nine essays move from consolation after bereavement and exile to arguments about time, tranquility, leisure, happiness, providence, and the steadiness Stoic practice demands.
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Philosophy · Non FictionLetters on Ethics
To Lucilius
By Seneca
Seneca addresses 124 surviving letters to Lucilius, using friendship, illness, travel, wealth, grief, time, and death to test how Stoic ethics might be practiced in ordinary life.
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Philosophy · Non FictionNatural Questions
Translated by Harry M. Hine
By Seneca
Seneca investigates rivers, weather, earthquakes, comets, lightning, and other natural phenomena while arguing that the study of nature should enlarge moral perspective rather than merely satisfy curiosity.
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Philosophy · Non FictionOn Benefits
Translated by Miriam Griffin and Brad Inwood
By Seneca
Across seven books, Seneca asks how favors should be given and received, when gratitude becomes obligation, and whether intention matters more than the material value exchanged.
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