Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose is a clearly written and cogently argued monograph; each chapter offers deep dives into select letters that will become necessary reading for scholars and students interested in those letters ... Seal convincingly places Seneca's Stoicism in its larger social, political, and literary worlds and reveals how aspects of those worlds are marshalled by Seneca to push his philosophical agenda.
Carey Seal is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Davis.