Letters from a Stoic

by Seneca

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Brilliant. I love letters because they provide such an authentic voice which the historian cannot provide. I love the indignance of Seneca when he is staying above the bath house in Pompeii and telling his student about the massage parlour downstairs. Oh the horror!! (

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