ABSTRACT
Seneca is reticent as to marriage, but we have no reason to doubt that his life with Paulina was typical of the best Stoic marriages. Thus he excuses himself for taking more thought
74 ‘ hoc primum philosophia promittit, sensum communem, huinanitatem et congregationem ’ 5, 4 ; ‘ nullius boni sine socio iucunda possessio est * ib. 6, 4.
