148. Cp. ad Ner. de Clem. ii. 2; Henderson, Life of Nero, Notes, p. 459.
149. For what may be regarded as an academic apologia pro vita sua, cp. Ep. 5; 17: 20; de Ira, in. 33; de Const. Sap. 1-4, 10-13; de Vit. Beat. 17-28, &c.
150. Dion. Cass. lxi. 4. 5.
151. Tac. Ann. xvi. 28.
152. This is Dion's view, lxi. 10. For an ingenious view of Seneca's character see Ball, Satire of Sen. on apotheosis of Claudius, p. 34. 'It may be that Seneca cared less for the realization of high ideals in life than for the formulation of the ideals as such. Sincerity and hypocrisy are terms much less worth controversy in some minds than others.'
153. Tac. Ann. xv. 61-4.
154. Quint, x. 1. 125-9.
155. Fronto, p. 155, N.
156. Quint, x. 1. 129. Over and above his writings on moral philosophy we possess seven books ad Lucilium naturalium quaestionum.
157. Patruos duos more naturally, however, refers to Gallio and Mela, in which case Marcus is the son of Seneca himself.