Seneca, or Lucius Annaeus Seneca, was a renowned Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright, widely known now for his Stoic philosophy. Seneca’s famous ‘Moral Letters to Lucilius’ are highly regarded ...

Today many Americans are experiencing despair about climate change, the new surge in COVID-19 and the uncertain future of our democracy. The best way to cope with these “afflictions of the spirit,” ...

“Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero” by James Romm (Alfred A. Knopf, 320 pages, $27.95) Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Stoic philosophy has exerted an important influence on the history of ideas, including on the thought of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Adam Smith, and J.S. Mill. In the field of mental ...

Green Philosophy, a cannabis dispensary, is opening inside a former bank branch in West Seneca. Joed Viera To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript ...

German director Robert Schwentke’s directorial career has swung in a few directions; he has made Hollywood actioners like Flightplan with Jodie Foster, the adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife and a ...

Is it better, when asked to serve a tyrant, to enter the inner circles and try to moderate his whims, or to stand aside, revelling in your integrity as his rages consume the world? Seneca - On the ...

It’s been clear for a while, at least since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last fall, that what we have to fear above all is hope itself. Attempts to trust that the worst is over and to stop ...

According to the historian Tacitus (d. 120 CE), Seneca modelled his death on that of Socrates, discussing philosophy with his friends and chiding them for their outbursts of emotion. He slit one vein, ...