Seneca

Seneca's masterful essay On Benefits (De Beneficiis) explores the nature of favors; what it means to do someone a favor and what to expect back, if anything.

Seneca's masterful essay On Benefits (De Beneficiis) explores the nature of favors; what it means to do someone a favor and what to expect back, if anything.

From the author of Letters from a Stoic (Epistulae Morales), comes another brilliant, timeless guide to living well. This new edition of Seneca's On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae) from The Augustine Press has been revised with footnotes by author Damian Stevenson.

From the author of Letters from a Stoic (Epistulae Morales), comes another brilliant, timeless guide to living well.This new edition of Seneca's On the Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae) from The Augustine Press has been revised with footnotes by author Damian Stevenson.

The 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, it features a brief introductory essay on each letter, which draws out its themes and sets it in context. The commentary explains the more challenging aspects of Seneca's Latin. It also casts light on his engagement with Stoic (and Epicurean) ideas, on the historical context within which the letters were written and on their literary sophistication. This edition will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of Seneca's moral and intellectual development.

The 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, it features a brief introductory essay on each letter, which draws out its themes and sets it in context. The commentary explains the more challenging aspects of Seneca's Latin. It also casts light on his engagement with Stoic (and Epicurean) ideas, on the historical context within which the letters were written and on their literary sophistication. This edition will be invaluable for undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of Seneca's moral and intellectual development.

This edition of Letters from a Stoic, otherwise known as Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium contains the three volumes of correspondence between the elderly Greek Stoic Seneca and the young Lucilius Junior. Each of the one hundred and twenty-four letters touches on a wide range of topics from a happy life to the moral one.These letters, while addressed to a particular indivual, were clearly written to be read by a much wider audience, and indeed, this book is an excellent introduction to Seneca's thought and to stoic philosophy.

This edition of Letters from a Stoic, otherwise known as Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium contains the three volumes of correspondence between the elderly Greek Stoic Seneca and the young Lucilius Junior. Each of the one hundred and twenty-four letters touches on a wide range of topics from a happy life to the moral one.These letters, while addressed to a particular indivual, were clearly written to be read by a much wider audience, and indeed, this book is an excellent introdu

Besk og vittig satire om den romerske keiser Claudius' desperate forsøk på å bli guddommeliggjort Grusomhetene til mang en romersk keiser er velkjente. Men fikk noen keiser noen gang i sin samtid passet sitt påskrevet for sine onde gjerninger? Ja, keiser Claudius får gjennomgå så det svir i satiren Gresskarifiseringen av den guddommelige Claudius. Forfatteren er etter all sannsynlighet Seneca den yngre, som i så fall skrev den da han var lærer for den unge keiser Nero. Verket kan også leses som en hyllest til Nero, hvilket antar en dypt tragisk ironi siden Seneca senere måtte begå selvmord på Neros ordre. I Gresskarifiseringen av den guddommelige Claudius følger vi den nylig avdøde, avskyelige Claudius, som i sin heseblesende bestrebelse på å bli guddommeliggjort besøker både himmel og helvete, og til slutt ender opp som den laveste av de lave: en eks-slaves slave. Beskheten og vittighetene til tross, teksten er like poetisk som politisk og stiller samfunnets urettferdighet hjerteskjærende til skue innenfor en kosmisk ramme på en måte som evner å berøre - og vekke latter - den dag i dag.

Vom gl ckseligen Leben (De vita beata) ist eine Schrift im Umfang eines antiken Buches aus den Dialogen des r mischen Philosophen und Staatsmannes Seneca, die sich mit Reichtum und dem rechten Umgang damit besch ftigt. An Gallio ber das gl ckliche Leben ist das siebte Buch aus Senecas Dialogi bekannt. Dieser Titel, der sp ter von Quintilian erw hnt wurde, steht in Spannung zum Ursprung der Sammlung, da Seneca seine kurzen briefartigen Schriften als sermones bezeichnet. In dieser Schrift, die wohl Anfang des Jahres 58 oder ein wenig fr her verfasst worden ist, legt Seneca seinem Bruder Gallio und dem Leser die stoische Ansicht in Bezug auf Verm gen, Reichtum und den rechten Umgang damit nahe. Das Ende der Schrift ist verloren, das berlieferte verdanken wir einem Mail nder Codex, dem Codex Ambrosianus, aus dem 11. Jahrhundert und den Abschriften, denen dieser Codex als Archetyp dient. Die berschrift de vita beata ist wohl von Seneca selbst gew hlt worden. Es geht vornehmlich um den rechten Umgang mit Reichtum und die Darlegung einer tugendhaften Lebensf hrung, mit deren Hilfe man erst zu Gl ck im Leben gelangt. Die Tugend sei der Weg zur Gl ckseligkeit. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, genannt Seneca der J ngere (etwa im Jahre 1 in Corduba - 65 n. Chr.), war ein r mischer Philosoph, Dramatiker, Naturforscher, Politiker und als Stoiker einer der meistgelesenen Schriftsteller seiner Zeit. Seine Reden, die ihn bekannt gemacht hatten, sind verloren gegangen.

This edition of Seneca's Epistles unites all 124 of the letters in a single volume, complete with thorough explanatory notes, an appendix, and an index of the names referred to in the text. The entirety of this compendium was penned by Seneca during his retirement and sent to his friend Lucilius Junior, a procurator of Sicily. At this late stage of life, Seneca held great experience in matters of both philosophy and governance, having served under the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. Despite the conversational tone present in many of Seneca's epistles, it isn't entirely clear whether Seneca actually corresponded with Lucilius. It is possible that Seneca simply wished to write fictional correspondence so as to experiment with the form, possibly recreating how he wisely explained ideas or concepts to individuals. The quotation: Vita sine litteris mors - 'Life without learning [is] death' - is derived from the 82nd epistle, and remains the motto for several educational institutions around the world.