Seneca || Letters to Lucilius

TheEpistulaemoralesadLucilium(English:MoralEpistlestoLucilius)isacollectionof124letterswhichwerewrittenbySenecatheYoungerattheendofhislife.TheyareaddressedtoLucilius,thethenprocuratorofSicily,althoughheisknownonlythroughSeneca'swritings.Theselettersallstartwiththephrase"SenecaLuciliosuosalutem"("SenecagreetshisLucilius")andendwiththeword"Vale"("Farewell").Intheseletters,SenecagivesLuciliusadviceonhowtobecomeamoredevotedStoic.Someofthelettersinclude"OnNoise"and"Asthma".Othersincludeletterson"theinfluenceofthemasses"and"howtodealwithone'sslaves".AlthoughtheydealwithSeneca'seclecticformofStoicphilosophy,theyalsogiveusvaluableinsightsintodailylifeinancientRome.SenecaalsofrequentlyquotesPubliliusSyrusduringtheEpistles,suchasduringtheeighthmoralletter,"OnthePhilosopher'sSeclusion".[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistulae_morales_ad_LuciliumThisworkisinthepublicdomainintheUnitedStatesbecauseitwaspublishedbeforeJanuary1,1923.ItmaybecopyrightedoutsidetheU.S.ThisworkisinthepublicdomainintheUnitedStatesbecauseitwaslegallypublishedwithintheUnitedStates(ortheUnitedNationsHeadquartersinNewYorksubjecttoSection7oftheUnitedStatesHeadquartersAgreement)before1964,andcopyrightwasnotrenewed.ForClassArenewalsrecords(booksonly)publishedbetween1923and1963,checktheStanfordCopyrightRenewalDatabaseandtheRutgerscopyrightrenewalrecords.Forotherrenewalrecordsofpublicationsbetween1922-1950seethePennsylvaniacopyrightrecordsscans.Forallrecordssince1978,searchtheU.S.CopyrightOfficerecords.Workspublishedin1925wouldhavehadtorenewtheircopyrightineither1952or1953,i.e.atleast27yearsafteritwasfirstpublished/registeredbutnotlaterthan31Decemberinthe28thyear.Asitwasnotrenewed,itenteredthepublicdomainon1January1954.