A morte no pensamento de Lúcio Aneu Sêneca
Death in the works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Reflections on death, in its natural form or through suicide, in the works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a philosopher of the 1 st century A.D., are provided. The Roman philosopher reflects on death as part and parcel to the formation of the ideal wise man. Since Seneca considers death as one of the duties of being, the ideal wise man must be aware of such a condition and should distance himself from the fear that its thought awakes in him. Such conscious awareness leads to suicide if it is necessary so that the dignity of the human being be preserved. Philosophy makes the human being distance himself from the fear and the anguish provoked by death.