Seneca

Seneca

Moral and Political Essays
Herausgeber: Procopé, J. F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. A general introduction describes Seneca's life and career and explains the fundamental ideas underlying the Stoic moral, social and political philosophy in the essays.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780521348188
• ISBN-10: 0521348188
• Artikelnr.: 22298915

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

Editors' notes
General introduction
Abbreviations
On Anger
On Mercy
On the Private Life
On Favours
Biographical notes
Index.