Letters from a Stoic Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium
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Produktdetails
Verkaufsrang
10705
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
06.11.2014
Illustriert von
Coralie Bickford-Smith
Herausgeber
Robin CampbellVerlag
Penguin Books LtdSeitenzahl
352
Maße (L/B/H)
17,7/11,3/3,5 cm
Gewicht
316 g
Übersetzt von
Robin Campbell
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-14-139585-2
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A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived "in accordance with nature," Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Rome's transition to Christianity, for it upholds upright ethical ideals and extols virtuous living, as well as expressing disgust for the harsh treatment of slaves and the inhumane slaughter witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind. Robin Campbell's distinguished translation captures Seneca's humour and concise, memorable aphorisms and his introduction discusses the tensions between Seneca's philosophy and his turbulent career as adviser to the tyrannical emperor Nero.
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