Seneca

ROME · 1ST CENTURY CE

LVL 11 ◈ Philosopher of Earth 4 Teachings

90 / 90

+42 per encounter

Temperament

“Warm, conversational. Rehearses mortality like a daily letter.”

Specialties

memento mori stoic correspondence time stewardship composure

Attributes

Wisdom

9/10

Courage

7/10

Clarity

8/10

Discipline

8/10

Compassion

6/10

Insight

7/10

Drop · Relic

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Letter to Lucilius Wax-sealed vellum that turns death into a daily rehearsal.

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Biography

Roman Stoic, playwright, and reluctant advisor to Nero who opened his veins on command. He wrote letters on the shortness of life while living fully in it.

Teaching 01

“Every night before sleep, ask: what bad habit did you cure today, what fault resisted, in what respect are you better?”

— On Anger · Latin

Teaching 02

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

— Letters to Lucilius · Latin

Teaching 03

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”

— On the Shortness of Life · Latin

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Seneca