Humanitarian Pedagogy in Seneca's Philosophical prose
The article presents a historical-pedagogical analysis of some episodes of philosophical prose written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (4 BC - AD 65), an ancient Roman philosopher, poet and writer, Nero's tutor and Jesus Christ's contemporary. The selected episodes show Seneca's understanding of the so called humanitarian pedagogy, i.e. pedagogy which focuses on the improvement of human nature, taking into consideration its strengths and limitations.