Seneca

Seneca

de Otio; de Brevitate Vitae
Herausgeber: Williams, G. D.; Williams, Gareth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edition of Seneca's De otio and De brevitate vitae introduces students to the complex artistic method and provocative message of Senecan philosophy. It emphasizes the relevance of both works to modern reflection on the claims of the 'balanced' life and on the complex relationship of the individual to society.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780521588065
• ISBN-10: 0521588065
• Artikelnr.: 21273883

Autorenporträt

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
L. ANNAEI SENECAE DE OTIO
DE BREVITATE VITAE
Commentary.

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Introduction: 1. Seneca's life and works; 2. The Epistulae Morales and their addressee; 3. Letters as a genre; 4. Stoic terms and concepts; 5. Stoic background; 6. Other philosophical influences; 7. Ethical focus and techniques of the self; 8. Seneca and earlier Latin poetic authors; 9. Senecan style; 10. Clauslae in Seneca; 11. Reception of the letters; 12. The selection; 13. The text; Epistulae Morales: Letter 1; Letter 7; Letter 12; Letter 18; Letter 21; Letter 24; Letter 33; Letter 34; Letter 46; Letter 47; Letter 53; Letter 64; Letter 70; Letter 86; Letter 90; Letter 114; Commentary.