He claims that in order to receive respect and love from slaves, one must be kind and gentle with them and make them feel as if they are simply family members. He goes on to state that the typical slave used to be treated in a much better manner in the “old days” and, as a result, was willing to defend their master out of sheer love and respect toward him. Seneca states that masters should treat slaves with the same amount of kindness they would show any other citizen. To drive this point home, he depicts everyone as a slave to someone, whether it be to a king or wife etc. He claims one should be treated based on character and not
He claims that in order to receive respect and love from slaves, one must be kind and gentle with them and make them feel as if they are simply family members. He goes on to state that the typical slave used to be treated in a much better manner in the “old days” and, as a result, was willing to defend their master out of sheer love and respect toward him. Seneca states that masters should treat slaves with the same amount of kindness they would show any other citizen. To drive this point home, he depicts everyone as a slave to someone, whether it be to a king or wife etc. He claims one should be treated based on character and not