Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy.

John Davie has translated all of Euripides' plays for Penguin Classics.

• On Providence


• On Anger, Book 3


• Consolation to Marcia


• On the Happy Life


• On the Tranquillity of the Mind


• On the Shortness of Life


• Consolation to Helvia


• On Mercy


• Natural Questions, Book 6: On Earthquakes