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Seneca (4 B. C.-65 A. D.), a Roman philosopher. He was a member of the Roman Senate and an accomplished courtier. He taught Nero when a youth and had great influence over him when emperor. He accumulated a fortune of $15,000,000. Falling into disfavor, he was commanded to commit suicide, and did so. His writings are bulky. They have little interest as literature, but are of great value as a picture of the social ideas of his day. Seneca was an upholder of the stoic philosophy. A few quotations are given here:

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.