TY - BOOK AU - Seneca,Lucius Annaeus AU - Stewart,Aubrey TI - L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits AV - PA PY - 2003/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature KW - Essays KW - Conduct of life KW - Benevolence N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beneficiis; Release date is 2003-02-01; Produced by Charles Franks, Robert Rowe, David Widger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a philosophical treatise written between 56 and 62 AD. This Stoic work explores how gifts and favors bind human society together, examining the intricate ethics of giving, receiving, and expressing gratitude. Seneca addresses the Roman aristocracy, offering guidance on social exchange and reciprocity within their relationships. The work investigates what he considers a widespread problem: humanity's failure to properly give or acknowledge benefits, threatening the moral bonds that hold civilization together. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3794 ER -