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Seneca the Younger

4 BC - 65

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca was born in Colonia Patricia Corduba in Hispania, and was trained in rhetoric and philosophy in Rome. His father was Seneca the Elder, his elder brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, and his nephew was the poet Lucan. In AD 41, Seneca was exiled to the island of Corsica under emperor Claudius, but was allowed to return in 49 to become a tutor to Nero. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seneca the Younger is the 27th most popular philosopher (down from 24th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Spain (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Seneca the Younger is most famous for being a philosopher and tragedian. He was also a tutor to Nero, the emperor of Rome.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Seneca the Younger ranks 27 out of 1,267. Before him are Erasmus, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Locke, Arthur Schopenhauer, Montesquieu, and Democritus. After him are Epicurus, Averroes, Al-Ghazali, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Engels, and Auguste Comte.

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Among people born in 4 BC, Seneca the Younger ranks 2. Before him is Jesus. After him is Philip the Tetrarch. Among people deceased in 65, Seneca the Younger ranks 1. After him are Poppaea Sabina, Simon Magus, Lucan, Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Seneca the Younger ranks 7 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), and Antoni Gaudí (1852). After him are Averroes (1126), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), Pope Alexander VI (1431), and Philip II of Spain (1527).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Seneca the Younger ranks 1. After him are Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), Ibn Tufail (1110), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).

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