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Reading Seneca - Stoic Philosophy at Rome (Hardcover, New)
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Reading Seneca - Stoic Philosophy at Rome (Hardcover, New)
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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.
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