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Description: Further DetailsTitle: Letters from a StoicCondition: NewEAN: 9780141395852ISBN: 9780141395852Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/06/2014Language: EnglishItem Height: 174mmItem Length: 113mmItem Width: 33mmItem Weight: 321gSubtitle: Epistulae Morales Ad LuciliumISBN-10: 0141395850Description: 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 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 slaughters 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 lucid translation captures Seneca's humour and tautly aphoristic style. In his introduction, he discusses the tensions between Seneca's philosophy and his turbulent career as adviser to the tyrannical emperor Nero.Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c.4BC - AD65) was born in Spain but was raised according to the traditional values of the republic of Rome. In AD48 he became tutor to the future emperor Nero and became his principal civil advisor when he took power. His death was eventually ordered by Nero in AD65, but Seneca anticipated the emperor's decree and committed suicide.If you enjoyed Letters from a Stoic, you might like Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, also available in Penguin Classics.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBContributor: Robin Campbell (Introduction by), Robin Campbell (Edited by), Robin Campbell (Translated by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Penguin Pocket HardbacksTranslator: Robin CampbellAuthor: SenecaRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Publication Name: Letters from a Stoic

Title: Letters from a Stoic

EAN: 9780141395852

ISBN: 9780141395852

Release Date: 11/06/2014

Release Year: 2014

Subtitle: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

ISBN-10: 0141395850

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Contributor: Robin Campbell (Translated by)

Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks

Translator: Robin Campbell

Book Title: Letters from a Stoic

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Item Height: 1.2 in

Topic: Ancient / Rome, Letters, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

Publication Year: 2015

Illustrator: Yes, Bickford-Smith, Coralie

Genre: Philosophy, Literary Collections, History

Item Weight: 11.4 Oz

Item Length: 6.9 in

Author: Seneca

Item Width: 4.4 in

Book Series: A Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.

Format: Hardcover

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