That kind of thing. It’s probably what I’d say. This generic idea of goodness could well have stemmed from Seneca the Younger. He was a philosopher, orator and playwright born in 4 BC ...

Mary Beard, Alessandro Schiesaro, Catharine Edwards and Melvyn Bragg debate the question.

A philosopher, writer, orator and statesman, Seneca (4 BC – 65 AD) was Rome's leading intellectual during the middle of the first century AD. Brought back from exile, he and his friends would ...