 Seneca describes Sextius as a Stoic but mentions that Sextius himself denied it.From the "Epistles of Seneca" we learn that Sextius, though born of an illustrious family, had declined the office of Senator when offered him by Julius Caesar.He also subjected himself to a scrupulous self-examination at the close of each day; and he abstained from animal food, though for different reasons than those ascribed to Pythagoras