This seven-book treatise, Seneca's longest surviving work, examines the giving and receiving of favours. Written around 56–64 CE, it explores gratitude, generosity, and the social bonds that hold communities together.
Seneca argues that benefits are the chief bond of human society and explores how to give graciously, receive with gratitude, and navigate the moral complexities of obligation and reciprocity.
"A benefit consists, not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."
— On Benefits, 1.6