15 Free Seneca Books [PDF]
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Looking for Seneca books you can read for free? Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC to AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, playwright and advisor to Emperor Nero.
This collection gathers 15 of his works in free PDF, from Letters from a Stoic to On Anger and On the Shortness of Life. You also get the tragedies he wrote in Rome's Silver Age, plays that later shaped Renaissance drama.
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Letters from a Stoic
Near the end of his life, Seneca wrote 124 letters to his friend Lucilius about fear, grief, money and time. Here you'll find the classic translation next to the three Tao of Seneca volumes, the illustrated editions Tim Ferriss shares for free.
Moral Essays and Dialogues
Each of Seneca's moral essays tackles one problem, from anger and grief to a life that feels too short. You'll also find On Benefits, his Natural Questions on comets and earthquakes, and the Apocolocyntosis, a sharp satire on Emperor Claudius.
Seneca's Tragedies
Seneca is the only Roman tragedian whose plays survive complete, and Senecan tragedy left its mark on Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage. Here you'll find all ten plays, from Medea and Thyestes to Octavia, in English verse and in bilingual Latin editions.
In AD 65, Nero ordered Seneca to take his own life, and he faced that end the way his letters taught. Two thousand years later, his words still help people think clearly about time, anger and loss.
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