Dear CCI Friends,
CCI Director Krishen Mehta’s article was published by the American Committee on US-Russia Accord on the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine, Feb 24, 2024. We are pleased to present it here for your thoughtful consideration.
The Center for Citizen Initiatives
Learning from Seneca…in the context of the Russia Ukraine War
February 24, 2024
By Krishen Mehta (American Committee for US-Russia Accord)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC–65 AD) was a Stoic philosopher of ancient Rome and tutor to emperors. Known for his philosophic works and essays dealing with thorny moral and political issues, Seneca used philosophy as a compass to navigate the challenging terrain of life. Recently, as I was reading a new translation of Sentences from Seneca, it struck me that some of Seneca’s teachings may apply to the tragic conflict that is still unfolding in Ukraine. In the spirit of bringing the wisdom of the past to bear on the present, I offer four of Seneca’s sentences as ways of illuminating the problems of the war.
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