De providentia in orbe terrarum malis adflicto a Seneca Philosopho depincta
About the providence in the world tormented by evil - in Seneca the Philosopher works

Summary/Abstract: In the work titled “De providentia” Lucilius, the addressee of “Epistulae morales” and “Naturales quaestiones”, is given the role of Seneca’s interlocutor, although in fact the text is not a dialogue, but a monologue — the philosopher’s conversation with himself is moulded in the shape of a Cynic or Stoic diatribe. The book was probably composed when Seneca removed himself from public life in the years 62—65 A.D. The main theme of the opusculum is why good people suffer from various inconveniences. Herein the philosopher uses words providentia and deus as synonyms. Fortuna, in his opinion, submitted to providence. Fatum in this work is both the force (the synonym of providentia) which governs the world, and a determined lifetime of people. Seneca affirms that providence is a divine force, but imputes to it explicit person’s features.

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