Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Moral Letters to Thomas More

Abstract

This essay concludes a personal investigation, undertaken in two previous works, concerning certain similarities between Seneca and Thomas More, and instances where the influence of the Roman Stoic can be found in the works of the great English humanist. I shall focus, in particular, on the extraordinary skill Seneca and More both display in delving into the human soul and his psychology. With this last endeavor, in which I have allowed myself a slight flight of fancy, I hope to interest not just the scholar, but even the common reader.