* In the Middle Ages, it was thought that Seneca the tragedian was an entirely separate figure from Seneca the philosopher. James Romm marvels at Seneca’s range: “It is as though Emerson had taken time off from writing his essays to compose the opera Faust.” This is incomplete. It’s as if Emerson founded Transcendentalism, wrote Faust, and served as Lincoln’s vice president.

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