Seneca demonstrated the integrity of his life as a philosopher in his death, by committing his own suicide and by dying the stoic way. Seneca was ordered by Nero to commit suicide because he was allegedly involved in a conspiracy to assassinate Nero. In the Roman days, a Roman could either commit his own suicide, or the government could execute him themselves. Seneca showed the integrity of his life by not letting another man shed his blood. Stoics believed in an ultimate powerful force controlling the universe and the systems in it. They believed that they were of little importance compared to the world. Seneca died the Stoic way by ending his life with what he believed in, he was unimportant in the grand scheme of the running world. Even
