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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, an Uncommon card
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, also known as the Moral Epistles and Letters from a Stoic, is a letter collection of 124 extant letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life, during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 68
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 48,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They are addressed to Lucilius Junior, the then procurator of Sicily, who is known only through Seneca's writings.
- The letters often begin with an observation on daily life, and then proceed to an issue or principle abstracted from that observation.
- The result is like a diary, or handbook of philosophical meditations.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium article was read about 48,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 68: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Seneca, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
