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Lucius Annaeus Seneca was not a detached sage living in a cave; he was a power broker in the Roman Empire, a playwright, and an advisor to Nero. His Stoicism was forged in the fire of high-stakes politics and constant danger. Seneca taught that philosophy is not a parlor game but a 'medicine for the soul. ' His central tenet was that we suffer more in imagination than in reality. By anticipating misfortune (premeditatio malorum) and distinguishing between what we control and what we don't, we can navigate the storms of fortune with an unshakeable mind.
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