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Piso's Fatal Temper
- Piso misjudged and ordered an execution then demanded three executions when corrected.
- Seneca's On Anger offers guidance that could have prevented such rash cruelty.
Seneca's Political Tightrope
- Seneca served and advised emperors yet failed to curb Nero and paid with his life.
- His political entanglement complicates his moral authority but enriches his practical ethics.
Seneca Writes Stoicism In Latin
- Seneca is the only major Roman stoic to write philosophy in Latin.
- His Latin style shapes his philosophical power and rhetorical force.