A student's Seneca : ten letters and selections from de providentia and de vita beata / Lucius Anaeus Seneca, with notes and commentary by M. D. Usher

By:

SENECA, Lucius Annaeus

Contributor(s):

M. D. Usher

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2006.Description: xxiv, 181p. ; 22cmISBN:

0806137444

Subject(s):

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, -- approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Correspondence

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 878.010 SEN

Summary: The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging among the works that have survived from antiquity. They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery, gladiatorial combat and suicide. This selection of letters conveys their range and variety, with a particular focus on letters from the earlier part of the collection. As well as a general introduction.

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The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging among the works that have survived from antiquity. They offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery, gladiatorial combat and suicide. This selection of letters conveys their range and variety, with a particular focus on letters from the earlier part of the collection. As well as a general introduction.

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