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Seneca, Epistulae Morales Book 2 - A Commentary with Text, Translation, and Introduction (Hardcover)
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Seneca, Epistulae Morales Book 2 - A Commentary with Text, Translation, and Introduction (Hardcover)
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When Seneca the Younger turned his back on politics, having
previously advised the increasingly volatile Emperor Nero, he
became one of Rome's most prolific authors and spent his retirement
writing about Stoic philosophy. The most intriguing output of that
time are Seneca's Epistulae Morales, a collection of letters on
ethics that is addressed to his friend Lucilius. In these letters,
Seneca writes about his everyday struggle to be a good person and
to live according to the principles of Stoicism, while helping his
friend embark on his own philosophical journey. This book is the
first modern commentary in any language on the second book of
Seneca's Epistulae Morales in a modern language. It includes an
edition and translation of the text as well as a substantial
introduction. The aim of the commentary is to make the text more
accessible to modern readers through a detailed linguistic,
philosophical, and literary exegesis of the letters. The commentary
lays great emphasis on showing that the book unit plays an
important role in the larger epistolary corpus and argues that the
book composition is essential for our understanding of ancient
letter writing. The commentary demonstrates that the letters are
connected to each other by an intricate web of references,
repeating, developing, and deepening ideas throughout the letter
exchange.
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