The Common, the Wise, and the Rulers: What Seneca’s Quote Reveals About Religion, Power, and Belief
A 2,000-year-old observation still cuts to the heart of how faith can liberate — or be weaponized. “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Stoic Philosopher (4 BC – 65 AD) When the Roman philosopher Seneca wrote these […]

