<i>On Benefits (De Beneficiis) </i>is a first-century work by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. It forms part of a series of moral essays (or Dialogues) composed by Seneca and is essential reading for students of Stoicism.&nbsp;<i>On Benefits</i> is about the nature of relative benefits to persons fulfilling the role in social exchange of either giver or receiver. The subject in Seneca&#39;s day might be thought of as social ethics, specifically Stoic ethics.