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Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Release : 1968
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 595/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stoic Philosophy of Seneca Essays and Letters by : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Download or read book Stoic Philosophy of Seneca Essays and Letters written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. This book was released on 1968. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of essays and letters by the 1st century Roman philosopher.
Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Release : 1917
Genre : Conduct of life
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Book Synopsis Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales by : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Download or read book Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. This book was released on 1917. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sénèque
Release : 1958
Genre : Philosophy, Ancient
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Book Synopsis The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca by : Sénèque
Download or read book The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca written by Sénèque. This book was released on 1958. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Release : 2015-11-20
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Letters on Ethics by : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Download or read book Letters on Ethics written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. This book was released on 2015-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An exceptionally accessible” new translation of “the lively and urgent writings of one of classical antiquity’s most important ethicists” (Choice). The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly original kind of correspondence. Letters on Ethics includes vivid descriptions of town and country life in Nero’s Italy, discussions of poetry and oratory, and philosophical training for Seneca’s friend Lucilius. This volume, the first complete English translation in nearly a century, makes the Letters more accessible than ever before. Written as much for a general audience as for Lucilius, these engaging letters offer advice on how to deal with everything from nosy neighbors to sickness, pain, and death. Seneca uses the informal format of the letter to present the central ideas of Stoicism, for centuries the most influential philosophical system in the Mediterranean world. His lively and at times humorous expositions have made the Letters his most popular work and an enduring classic. Including an introduction and explanatory notes by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long, this authoritative edition will captivate a new generation of readers.
Author : Brad Inwood
Release : 2005-06-16
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 603/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reading Seneca by : Brad Inwood
Download or read book Reading Seneca written by Brad Inwood. This book was released on 2005-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations. In each of these essays Seneca is considered as a philosopher, but with as much account as possible taken of his life, his education, his intellectual and literary background, his career, and his self-presentation as an author. Seneca emerges as a discerning and well-read Stoic, with a strong inclination to think for himself in the context of an intellectual climate teeming with influences from other schools. Seneca's intellectual engagement with Platonism, Aristotelianism, and even with Epicureanism involved a wide range of substantial philosophical interests and concerns. His philosophy was indeed shaped by the fact that he was a Roman, but he was a true philosopher shaped by his culture rather than a Roman writer trying his hand at philosophical themes. The highly rhetorical character of his writing must be accounted for when reading his works, and when one does so the underlying philosophical themes stand out more clearly. While it is hard to generalize about an overall intellectual agenda or systematic philosophical method, key themes and strategies are evident. Inwood shows how Seneca's philosophical ingenium worked itself out in a fundamentally particularistic way as he pursued those aspects of Stoicism that engaged him most forcefully over his career.
