James Ker, The Deaths of Seneca (Oxford & New York: Oxford U. Press, 2009) ("This book's aim has been to show what Seneca contributed to Western discourses on death and dying, and also how the conversation about Seneca himself has more often than not become a conversation about his death." Id. at 359.).
James Romm, Dying Every Day: Seneca At the Court of Nero (New York: Knopf, 2014).
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Anger, Mercy, Revenge (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca), translated by Robert A Kaster & Martha C. Nussbaum (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 2012) (From "On Anger": "Without a doubt, we must at some point die, since a decrepit dwelling place is our lot." Id. at 53.).
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Hardship and Happiness (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca), translated by Elaine Fantom, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, & Gareth D. Williams (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 2014).
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca), translated with an Introduction and Commentary by Margaret Graver & A. A. Long (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 2015) (From Book Seventeen, Letter 101: "You should now admit that nature is very kind in making our death inevitable. 15 Yet many people have been ready to make much worse bargains than Maecenas--even betraying a friend, in order to prolong life, or voluntarily giving up their children into prostitution, to have the chance of seeing a daylight that is cognizant of their many crimes. We have to shake off this passion for life. We need to learn that it makes no difference when you suffer, because you are bound to suffer sooner or later. What matters is not how long you live by how well. And often, living well consists in not living long." Id. at 401, 404.).
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Natural Questions (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca), translated by Harry M. Hine (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 2010) (From Book 2 [Originally Book 8] "On Lightning and Thunder": "People only ever fear the lightning-bolt they have escaped." Id. at 163, 192.).
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, On Benefits (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca), translated by Miriam Griffin & Brad Inwood (Chicago & London: U. of Chicago Press, 2011) From "Book 7 (28.1)": "Reflect on whether you have returned the favor to those to whom you are indebted, whether you have ever allow a responsibility to die in your hands, whether you live constantly with an awareness of all the benefits you have been given." Id. at 166, 187.).
Emily Wilson, The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca (Oxford & New York: Oxford U. Press, 2014).
