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Seneca
(6,817 words)
(
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also
Seneca Minor,
Seneca Philosophus; Greek Σενέκας/
Senékas)
A. Historical dimension The Roman philosopher, poet and politician S. the Younger (
c. 4 BC–AD 65) was born in Corduba in Hispania Baetica (modern Córdoba). His father, S. the Elder – also called S. Rhetor to distinguish him – was a wealth Roman equestrian, and S. portrays his mother Helvia as an educated woman (
Consolatio ad Helviam,
c. AD 42). S. arrived in Rome as a child and was educated there. At first, he followed the ascetic prescriptions of the Neopythagorean philosoph…
Date:
2016-02-22
