Seneca: De otio; De brevitate vitae Paperback / softback
by Seneca
Edited by G. D. (Columbia University, New York) Williams
Part of the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
This edition, the first modern one in English, introduces undergraduates and more advanced students to the therapeutic possibilities of Seneca's Stoic philosophy.
The short treatises De otio and De brevitate vitae balance each other by representing different but complementary aspects of Senecan philosophy: in De otio, one's duty to the 'active' life, in De brevitate vitae, one's duty to oneself in reclaiming life from the impositions made upon the self.
The provocative Senecan message is to promote introspection in life, and to suggest the benefits of an inner existence of the personal.
In addition to its literary and linguistic emphasis, this edition tries to advertize the means by which Seneca conveys the attractions of his therapeutic 'philosophy'.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/01/2003
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- ISBN:9780521588065
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/01/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521588065
