Seneca

Dialogues and Letters

Übersetzer: Costa, C D N

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Produktbeschreibung

A selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and "On Tranquility of Mind".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 124g
• ISBN-13: 9780140446791
• ISBN-10: 0140446796
• Artikelnr.: 22413132

Autorenporträt

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c.4BC - AD65) was born in Cordoba, Spain, where he was brought up studying the traditional virtues of republican Roman life. He became a teacher of rhetoric but attracted attention for his incisive style of writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Dialogues and Letters - Seneca Preface
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Further Reading
Dialogues
Consolation to Helvia
On Tranquillity of Mind
On the Shortness of Life
Letters
Letter 24
Letter 57
Letter 79
Letter 110
from Natural Questions
1. praef. 1-10 [Seneca urges Lucilius to enjoy the inspiration and benefits
of philosophical study]
4A.2.4-6 [The Cataracts of the Nile]
6.1.4-7 [The terrors of earthquakes]
Notes
Index