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Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

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Description for Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium Hardback. Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, this title presents a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature. Editor(s): Campbell, Robin. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 31. Weight in Grams: 328.

Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic are a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the most insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Robin Campbell.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Penguin Pocket Hardbacks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141395852
SKU
9780141395852
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About Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c.4BC - AD65) was born in Cordoba, Spain, where he was brought up studying the traditional virtues of republican Roman life. He became a teacher of rhetoric but attracted attention for his incisive style of writing.

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