People read Seneca long before the American self-help industry got its hands on Stoic principles. His huge corpus (letters and essays) is surprisingly easy to r

People read Seneca long before the American self-help industry got its hands on Stoic principles. His huge corpus (letters and essays) is surprisingly easy to read and inspired many thinkers after him. It's a gateway to look further into ancient philosophies. Reading his letters at school also allowed us to glimpse the life and struggles of a wealthy Roman citizen.