Seneca: A Life

Book • 2016
This biography provides a nuanced perspective on Seneca's complex life, highlighting his embrace of Stoic ideals while serving Nero and accumulating wealth.

It offers a riveting and complete picture of Seneca's conflicted mind and motives.

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Mentioned by Tyler Cowen in relation to Stoicism and its apparent hypocrisy among its practitioners.
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