Abstract:

Seneca’s ethics reflects the characteristics of his times and has religious trends in it. According to the analysis of the reasons for the religious trends in Seneca’s ethics，we expound the main contents of his ethics which can be summarized as follows: he advocates that life needs to comply with destiny and “conquering the desires and pursuing kindness”，a morality theory with goodness as the end. He also holds the argumentation of “two nations”. These thoughts stabilized social governance of Rome at that time，promoted the emergence and development of Christianity，and pushed the development and spread of Roman historiography and Platonism. Also，the thoughts excavate the inner peace of people and encourage them to pursue a life philosophy of living according to nature，which can comfort the soul of modern people.

Key words: Seneca, an ethics with religious trends, Therapeutic Philosophy, conquer the desires and pursue kindness, the unity of man and nature