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BOOKS

Of Consolation: To Polybius · Seneca

Published in

c. 43–44 AD

Pages

50

Presentation

Consolation to Polybius is a work in which Seneca seeks to comfort an imperial freedman mourning a loss. Through Stoic arguments on the shortness of life and the inevitability of death, Seneca urges restraint of grief through reason and acceptance of the natural order. The essay blends moral reflection with political context, offering a consolation that is both philosophical and pragmatic.

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