On Festivals and Fasting-Letter 18 by Seneca

This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. It is the month of December, and yet the city is at this very moment in a sweat. License is given to the general merrymaking. Everything resounds with mighty preparations—as if the Saturnalia...

On Groundless Fears-Letter 13 by Seneca

This a series of some of Seneca’s Moral Letter to his Friend, Lucilius. I know that you have plenty of spirit; for even before you began to equip yourself with maxims which were wholesome and potent to overcome obstacles, you were taking pride in your contest with...