Excerpt from Treatises on Providence, on Tranquillity of Mind, on Shortness of Life, on Happy Life: Together With Select Epistles, Epigrammata, an Introduction, Copious Notes and Scripture Parallelisms The editors trust, therefore, that they are supplying a real want when they offer to the American public some of the best writings of the long unfamiliar Seneca. The text employed is that of Fickert (leipzig, 1842 because, though not the most recent, it is by far the most critical, as it is derived from ms. Authority. The readings of Haase's edition (leipzig, 1851 - 3) and of other editions are referred to in the Notes as occasion has seemed to require. The orthography is conformed to that now generally agreed upon by scholars as the most correct. 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.