Letters on Ethics To Lucilius |
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Author:
| Seneca, Lucius Annaeus |
Commentaries by:
| Graver, Margaret Long, A. A. |
Introduction by:
| Graver, Margaret Long, A. A. |
Translator:
| Graver, Margaret Long, A. A. |
Series title: | The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-226-26517-9 |
Publication Date: | May 2015 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $160.00 |
Book Description:
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In this volume we find Seneca at his best, and over the centuries countless readers have found his letters on ethics edifying. They range in subject from how to live a Stoic life and retain one's humanity in a cold, impersonal society to why slavery is wrong to the foibles of debauchery. Seneca makes his cases in a sensible, even witty, fashion, usually without a censorious tone. This may well prove the most important volume in the series.
In this volume we find Seneca at his best, and over the centuries countless readers have found his letters on ethics edifying. They range in subject from how to live a Stoic life and retain one's humanity in a cold, impersonal society to why slavery is wrong to the foibles of debauchery. Seneca makes his cases in a sensible, even witty, fashion, usually without a censorious tone. This may well prove the most important volume in the series.