A RELAÇÃO ENTRE O MOVIMENTO DE CORRUPÇÃO DO KOSMOS E AS EMOÇÕES NO ESTOICISMO: Sêneca e Ovídio acerca da era de ouro e das quatro idades do ser humano

 Seneca, in his Epistle XC, attributes to Posidonius the thesis that there was a time when wise humans held political power authorized by equally virtuous people: a time called the Golden Age (saeculo quod aureum). However, Seneca disagrees that there were wise humans at that time, as this is a characteristic provided by the use of Philosophy, an expendable tool for a period in which virtue was not knowledge about what is good, evil or indifferent. In this way, due to the non-existence of the sage, things were created for their proper use, which culminates in a harmonious relationship with nature by preventing the emergence of vices.