Seneca the Younger

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

       Lucius Annaeus Seneca, better known as Seneca the Younger, was born sometime around one to four BCE. Though born in what is today known as Spain, Seneca was raised in Rome where he studied rhetoric and philosophy. Throughout his life, Seneca faced much illness and at one point in the mid to late 20s it was thought that he had Tuberculosis. His aunt nursed him back to health, and when he was nursed back to health she was the one who influenced his way to power. Sec Eventually, he became the tutor of Nero, and later when Nero rose to power as emperor, Seneca became his advisor. It was as this advisor Seneca developed some of his most well-known practices. Towards the end of his life, Seneca was painted as a villain, being charged with trying to assassinate Nero. As punishment, Nero commanded Seneca to kill himself which he later followed through on.

Seneca biggest philosophical contribution was Stoicism. His works dealt heavily with ethics and living a practical life. For Seneca it is important that we do not get caught up on the potentials in the world, rather we should think of the worst that could happen and realize that even those scenarios are not the end of us.

These videos go further in-depth into Seneca's life as well as his work in Stoicism, and you can read in-depth his works here.

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