The framing story in Job asks this question; Job’s resultant suffering is meant to test his righteousness in the absence of reward – that is, will he continue to be selfless if the selfish reasons for doing so are removed?
Dialogues of Seneca (The Younger) Review
Presented in the fashion of the earlier Greek dialogues (like Plato’s), most of them revolve around the notion of “the wise man,” a kind of ultimate goal for which all human beings ought, according to Seneca, be striving.
