Seneca's collection of 124 letters to his friend Lucilius — written 62–65 CE — covering time, death, friendship, virtue, and wealth — the most readable Stoic philosophical text.
Creates the most readable Stoic philosophical letters — Seneca's letters to Lucilius (addressing specific practical questions about how to live) are the most directly applicable Stoic texts to contemporary life; his meditations on time ('We suffer more in imagination than in reality') are the most quotable Stoic philosophy.
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