Stoic Epistles or Letters from a Stoic is one hundred and twenty four letters that Seneca, a Roman Philosopher wrote to his friend Lucilius. The letters were written in the latter part of Seneca’s life, after he decided to retire, and after more than a decade of service to Nero. The letters are an essay on Stoic thought and everything from scorn of death, friendship, and on the virtue of the highest good.