page_title: Epistulae morales ad Lucillium
hierarchical_section_title: Epistulae morales ad Lucillium
caption_attribution_description: English: Seneca the Younger, Letters (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium). Latin manuscript. In ms. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 45.33, fol. 1r. Deutsch: Seneca, Briefe in der Handschrift Florenz, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 45.33, fol. 1r.
context_page_description: The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium is the name for 124 letters Seneca the Younger wrote when he was over sixty-years-old. The Letters were probably written in the last three years of Seneca's life, during the years 62 to 64 AD. All letters start "Seneca Lucilio suo salutem" and end with "Vale". Lucilius was the Governor of Sicily at the time, but he is only known through Seneca's writings. Seneca wrote the letters to give Lucilius advice on how to become a better person. The letters are like a diary, or a handbook, of Stoic philosophy. Seneca writes about life, death, and virtue as the supreme good. He writes about the joy that comes from wisdom. He repeatedly refers to the shortness of life.
context_section_description: The Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (in English Moral Letters to Lucilius) is the name for 124 letters Seneca the Younger wrote when he was over sixty-years-old. The Letters were probably written in the last three years of Seneca's life, during the years 62 to 64 AD. All letters start  "Seneca Lucilio suo salutem" (Seneca greets his Lucilius) and end with "Vale" (Farewell). Lucilius was the Governor of Sicily at the time, but he is only known through Seneca's writings. Seneca wrote the letters to give Lucilius advice on how to become a better person. The letters are like a diary, or a handbook, of Stoic philosophy. Seneca writes about life, death, and virtue as the supreme good. He writes about the joy that comes from wisdom. He repeatedly refers to the shortness of life.
caption: 15th-century manuscript in the Laurentian Library
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