Seneca's Works

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:literary_work
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptations
literary adaptations
gptkbp:author gptkb:Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca
gptkbp:available_in public domain
gptkbp:criticism extensive scholarly criticism
gptkbp:genre gptkb:tragedy
gptkb:philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seneca's Works
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Stoicism
Existentialism
Renaissance literature
gptkbp:influence_on gptkb:theater
gptkb:psychology
modern philosophy
gptkbp:is_studied_in literature courses
philosophy courses
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notable_quote “ It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“ We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
“ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“ A good character, when established, is not easily overthrown.”
“ The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:De_Brevitate_Vitae
gptkb:Epistulae_Morales_ad_Lucilium
gptkb:Medea
gptkb:Phaedra
gptkb:Thyestes
De Tranquillitate Animi
gptkbp:published 1st century AD
gptkbp:theme gptkb:death
gptkb:fate
morality
self-control
human emotion
nature of the gods
gptkbp:translated_into multiple languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hecuba
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5