I was shipwrecked before I got on board.

Naufragium, antequam navem adscenderem, feci

Seneca the Younger

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Topic

The human condition

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Stoic Philosopher Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Citation

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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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