- “But he spared himself the anguish of a word or of a look, and merely sent in to Seneca one of his centurions, who was to announce to him his last doom.
Seneca, quite unmoved, asked for tablets on which to inscribe his will..”
This quote is a very shocking representation of Stoicism. At this moment in time, Seneca was just told that he was going to be put to death. Instead of becoming greatly upset, he simply moved onto his next order of business which was his last will and testament.
- “Worn out by cruel anguish, afraid too that his sufferings might break his wife's spirit, and that, as he looked on her tortures, he might himself sink into irresolution, he persuaded her to retire into another chamber.”
This event was actually in the middle of Seneca’s extremely painful death, and yet he was still concerned with what was going on around him, and making sure things would still run smoothly.
- "...even in the height of his wealth and power he was thinking of his life's close."
This quote is fairly self explanatory in that even when things were going very well, Seneca was still worried about how things would go when they went bad. Seneca was demonstrating his belief in Stoicism so that he knew things would run smoothly when he was gone.
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