How refreshing to see that someone from the first few decades AD actually thought that slavery was wrong! From an era when slavery was simply the way of life, Seneca actually had the wisdom to take a step back from the world and look at it from a different perspective. He was able to realize that slave are just a much human as masters are. In fact, the only distinction between them is that which society places upon them.
I love the way he puts it, “Treat your inferior as you would wish your superior to treat you.” Seneca uses the art of “pathos” as a means of emotionally connection with his audience and bringing them to understanding his view point. In life, we will always have people who are above us and people who are below us, at least if we’re at the level to understand this concept. Above all else, human truly do want to be right. When they come to see that they way they want to be treated by those above them and the way they treat those below them is not the same, this recognition of inconsistency is enough to cause one to want to change and just make things right! ”Slaves” was a very well written, convincing piece.
