Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was born in Córdoba in Spain, the son of a well-known writer on rhetoric, and was brought to Rome as a child. He suffered poor health but became a successful lawyer, senator and writer. In AD 41 the emperor Claudius exiled him to the island of Corsica, possibly on a false charge. After eight years he was recalled to tutor the young Nero, and when Nero became emperor in 54, Seneca and the soldier Burrus guided the government for several years. He grew enormously rich, which critics pointed out sat oddly with his writing on simple living. As Nero became more violent, Seneca withdrew from court. In his last years he wrote the Moral Letters to Lucilius, short letters about how to live well according to Stoic philosophy: on the shortness of life, true friendship, facing death, and using time wisely. He also wrote tragedies. In 65 Nero accused him of joining a plot and ordered him to take his own life, which he did, calmly, surrounded by friends.

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Faith: A Stoic philosopher. Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy