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Letters from a Stoic
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Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robin Campbell (Selected by), Robin Campbell (Translated by), Robin Campbell (Edited by)
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback / softback, 254 pages | | Other Information: | index | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 31 January 1974 |
A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65) that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Rome's transition to Christianity, for it upholds upright ethical ideals and extols virtuous living, as well as expressing disgust for the harsh treatment of slaves and the inhumane slaughters witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind. |
About the AuthorLucius Annaeus Seneca (c.4BC - AD65) was born in Spain but was raised according to the traditional values of the republic of Rome. In AD48 he became tutor to the future emperor Nero and became his principal civil advisor when he took power. His death was eventually ordered by Nero in AD65, but Seneca anticipated the emperor's decree and committed suicide. Robin Campbell is a well-known translator.
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics | | ISBN: | 0140442103 |
| EAN: | 9780140442106 | | Dimensions: | 19.74 x 12.88 x 1.63 centimeters (0.19 kg) |
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15+ years |
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