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Seneca

[ US /ˈsɛnəkə/ ]
NOUN
  1. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
  2. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario
  3. Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)

How To Use Seneca In A Sentence

  • Since 1993, I've gone through a great deal of philosophy, in particular works by the Roman stoics such as Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Cicero.
  • No wonder, as Mr. Hamilton drily notes, that on the wall of the Leipzig Gewandhaus (where Mendelssohn played and conducted) was Seneca's apothegm: "Res severa est verum gaudium. What Music Has Lost
  • Their baggage mules transported not only the precious vases, but even the fragile vessels of crystal and murra, which last is almost proved, by the learned French translator of Seneca, (tom.iii. p. 402-422,) to mean the porcelain of China and History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
  • The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. Seneca 
  • In the first of these letters Seneca hopes his brother Paul is well: “Bene te valere, frater, cupio.” A Philosophical Dictionary
  • It's like being at the Seneca Niagara Casino and hearing the coins clatter into the tray of a slot machine. The Buffalo News: Home
  • It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Seneca 
  • A rapid succession, which may yet be credible, as well as the non consulum numero, sed maritorum annos suos computant, of Seneca, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • Even a demitasse of chicory coffee must have been hard to come by in Seneca, South Carolina in the last world war. Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: Selling Mother's Louis Vuittons on eBay
  • The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. Seneca 
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