TY - BOOK AU - SENECA, Lucius Annaeus AU - M. D. Usher TI - A student's Seneca: ten letters and selections from de providentia and de vita beata / SN - 0806137444 U1 - 878.010 SEN 22nd ed. PY - 2006/// CY - Norman : PB - University of Oklahoma Press, KW - Seneca, Lucius Annaeus KW - approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D KW - Correspondence. N1 - Includes bibliography N2 - 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 ER -