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The volumes published in the series Beitrage zur Altertumskunde
comprise monographs, collective volumes, editions, translations and
commentaries on various topics from the fields of Greek and Latin
Philology, Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Philosophy as well
as Classical Reception Studies. The series thus offers
indispensable research tools for a wide range of disciplines
related to Ancient Studies.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher,
dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during
the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius
Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new
English-language translations of his works in eight accessible
volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis,
Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection
restores Seneca - whose works have been highly praised by modern
authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson - to his
rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in
the humanities. Written near the end of Seneca's life, Natural
Questions is a work in which Seneca expounds and comments on the
natural sciences of his day - rivers and earthquakes, wind and
snow, meteors and comets - offering us a valuable look at the
ancient scientific mind at work. The modern reader will find
fascinating insights into ancient philosophical and scientific
approaches to the physical world and also vivid evocations of the
grandeur, beauty, and terror of nature.
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Hardship and Happiness (Paperback)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Translated by Elaine Fantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, Gareth D. Williams
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher,
dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during
the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius
Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new
English-language translations of his works in eight accessible
volumes. Edited by Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C.
Nussbaum, this engaging collection helps restore Seneca-whose works
have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus
to Ralph Waldo Emerson-to his rightful place among the classical
writers most widely studied in the humanities. Hardship and
Happiness collects a range of essays intended to instruct, from
consolations-works that offer comfort to someone who has suffered a
personal loss-to pieces on how to achieve happiness or tranquility
in the face of a difficult world. Expertly translated, the essays
will be read and used by undergraduate philosophy students and
experienced scholars alike.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE to 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic
philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero,
all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. Here, with the
publication of "Anger, Mercy, Revenge" and "Natural Questions", the
University of Chicago Press proudly inaugurates "The Complete Works
of Lucius Annaeus Seneca", a fresh and compelling series of new
English-language translations of his works in eight accessible
volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis,
Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection
restores Seneca - whose works have been highly praised by modern
authors from Erasmus to Emerson - to his rightful place among those
classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. "Anger,
Mercy, Revenge" comprises three key writings: the moral essays 'On
Anger' and 'On Clemency' - which were penned as advice for the then
young emperor Nero - and the Apocolocyntosis, a brilliant satire
lampooning the end of the reign of Claudius. "Natural Questions" is
a stand-alone treatise in which Seneca compiles and comments on the
physical sciences of his day, offering us a valuable look at the
ancient scientific mind at work. Both volumes introduce the
Latinless reader to the writings of one of the ancient world's most
fascinating - and acclaimed - philosophical figures, making them
perfect for the undergraduate student and lay scholar alike.
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