This author of The Pumpkinification of Claudius committed suicide following the Pisonian Conspiracy though he had earlier served as a tutor for the emperor Nero.
This man expressed his wonder at how people do not value what he believes to be the most precious commodity of all, time, in an essay that asked "Why do we complain of nature?" before extolling the vices of many of his contemporaries. He also wrote works addressed to Marcia, a woman who had lost her son, and to his mother Helviam Metrem explaining his exile to Corsica. This author of "On the Shortness of Life" and several (*) Consolations also wrote a play in which the title character, after being killed by Clotho, makes a case for his own deification, though he is eventually refused and escorted to the underworld. This author of The Pumpkinification of Claudius committed suicide following the Pisonian Conspiracy though he had earlier served as a tutor for the emperor Nero. For 10 points, name this noted Roman stoic philosopher.
This man expressed his wonder at how people do not value what he believes to be the most precious commodity of all, time, in an essay that asked "Why do we complain of nature?" before extolling the vices of many of his contemporaries.
Lucius Annaeus {Seneca} (accept {Seneca} the {Younger})