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Excerpt from Selected Essays of Seneca: And the Satire on the Deification of Claudius The present volume has been prepared in the belief not only that Seneca merits more attention than has usually been paid to him by American students, but also that his life and character are no less interesting than his works. This is the explanation, if any is due, for an edition of a group of his writings chosen with a view not primarily to the exemplary display of his philosophy or of his literary style, but rather to his personal connection with the history of his time. The longer essays here presented are those which have relation to the two emperors, Claudius and Nero, under whom Seneca made most of his external career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.