De Providentia

De Providentia
From the 1594 edition, published by Jean Le Preux
AuthorLucius Annaeus Seneca
LanguageLatin
SubjectRoman religion, Ancient Greek religion, problem of evil
GenreTheodicy, philosophy
Publication date
AD c. 64
Publication placeAncient Rome

De Providentia (On Providence) is a short essay in the form of a dialogue in six brief sections, written by the Latin philosopher Seneca (died AD 65) in the last years of his life. He chose the dialogue form (as in the well-known Plato's works) to deal with the problem of the co-existence of the Stoic design of providence with the evil in the world—the so-called "problem of evil."


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