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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.
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Seneca - Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic (Paperback)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Translated by Margaret Graver, A. A. Long; Introduction by Margaret Graver, A. A. Long; Commentary by …
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In the year 62, citing health issues, the Roman philosopher Seneca
withdrew from public service and devoted his time to writing. His
letters from this period offer a window into his experience as a
landowner, a traveler through Roman Italy, and a man coping with
the onset of old age. They describe the roar of the arena, the
festival of Saturnalia, and the perils of the Adriatic Sea, and
they explain his thoughts about political power, the treatment of
slaves, the origins of civilization, and the key points of Stoic
philosophy. This selection of fifty of his letters brings Seneca to
readers in a fresh modern voice and shows how, as a philosopher, he
speaks to our time. Above all, these letters explore the inner life
of the individual: from the life of heedless vanity to the first
interest in philosophy, to true friendship, self-determination, and
personal excellence.
Ranging from lively epistles to serious essays, these 124 letters selected from Epistulae Morales and Lucilium espouse the philosophy of Stoicism. This volume includes Tacitus's account of Seneca's death.
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 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.
"On Benefits," written between 56 and 64 CE, is a treatise
addressed to Seneca's close friend Aebutius Liberalis. The longest
of Seneca's works dealing with a single subject--how to give and
receive benefits and how to express gratitude appropriately--"On
Benefits "is the only complete work on what we now call "gift
exchange" to survive from antiquity. Benefits were of great
personal significance to Seneca, who remarked in one of his later
letters that philosophy teaches, above all else, to owe and repay
benefits well.
Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi
Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, the Complete Works of Lucius
Annaeus Seneca offers authoritative, modern English translations of
the writings of the Stoic philosopher and playwright (4 BCE 65 CE).
The two volumes of The Complete Tragedies presents all of his
dramas, expertly rendered by preeminent scholars and translators.
The first volume contains Medea, The Phoenician Women, Phaedra, The
Trojan Women, and Octavia, the last of which was written in
emulation of Senecan tragedies and serves as a unique example of
political tragedy. This second volume includes Oedipus, Hercules
Mad, Hercules on Oeta, Thyestes, and Agamemnon. High standards of
accuracy, clarity, and style are maintained throughout the
translations, which render Seneca into verse with as close a
correspondence, line for line, to the original as possible, and
with special attention paid to meter and overall flow. In addition,
each tragedy is prefaced by an original translator's introduction
offering reflections on the work's context and meaning. Notes are
provided for the reader unfamiliar with the culture and history of
classical antiquity. Accordingly, The Complete Tragedies will be of
use to a general audience and professionals alike, from the
Latinless student to scholars and instructors of comparative
literature, classics, philosophy, drama, and more.
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.
The first of two volumes collecting the complete tragedies of
Seneca. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi
Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, the Complete Works of Lucius
Annaeus Seneca series offers authoritative, modern English
translations of the writings of the Stoic philosopher and
playwright (4 BCE-65 CE). The two volumes of The Complete Tragedies
present all of his dramas, expertly rendered by preeminent scholars
and translators. This first volume contains Medea, The Phoenician
Women, Phaedra, The Trojan Women, and Octavia, the last of which
was written in emulation of Senecan tragedies and serves as a
unique example of political tragedy. The second volume includes
Oedipus, Hercules Mad, Hercules on Oeta, Thyestes, and Agamemnon.
High standards of accuracy, clarity, and style are maintained
throughout the translations, which render Seneca into verse with as
close a correspondence, line for line, to the original as possible,
and with special attention paid to meter and overall flow. In
addition, each tragedy is prefaced by an original translator's
introduction offering reflections on the work's context and
meaning. Notes are provided for the reader unfamiliar with the
culture and history of classical antiquity. Accordingly, The
Complete Tragedies will be of use to a general audience and
professionals alike, from the Latinless student to scholars and
instructors of comparative literature, classics, philosophy, drama,
and more.
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. "Anger, Mercy, Revenge" comprises three key
writings: the moral essays "On Anger" and "On Clemency" - the
latter penned as advice for the young emperor Nero - and the
"Apocolocyntosis", a brilliant satire lampooning the end of the
reign of Claudius. Friend and tutor, as well as philosopher, Seneca
welcomed the end of Claudius' sovereignty and the beginning of the
age of Nero in tones alternately serious, poetic, and comic -
making "Anger, Mercy, Revenge" a collection just as complicated,
astute, and ambitious as its author.
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