Letter 100: On the Writings of Fabianus

Letter 100, On the Writings of Fabianus, is Seneca at his most thoughtful about writing itself — which makes it a fitting milestone at the hundredth letter. Lucilius has read a book by the philosopher Papirius Fabianus and come away disappointed, criticizing its style as too smooth, too plain, lacking the punchy epigrams of fashionable [ ] The post Letter 100: On the Writings of Fabianus first…