Seneca's Anger

One of seneca's most important philosophical contributions is his analysis of the chief threat to our tranquillity, emotion. The stoics had always argued that we should strive to avoid being controlled by our emotions. Seneca follows the traditional stoic view, holding that emotion means surrendering one's self determination and being controlled by what is outside us. No emotion fits this pattern better than anger - perhaps why he devoted a lengthy dialogue to the topic.