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040 _cSAUT Mbeya Library
082 _222nd ed.
_a878.010 SEN
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_aSENECA, Lucius Annaeus
245 _aA student's Seneca :
_bten letters and selections from de providentia and de vita beata /
_cLucius Anaeus Seneca, with notes and commentary by M. D. Usher
260 _aNorman :
_bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,
_cc2006.
300 _axxiv, 181p. ;
_c22cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliography
520 _aThe 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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_a Seneca, Lucius Annaeus,
_x approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
_z Correspondence.
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_a M. D. Usher
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_cBK