Informationen zum Autor Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BCE-65CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, and advisor to Emperor Nero. Margaret Graver is the Aaron Lawrence Professor in Classics at Dartmouth College. Her publications include Cicero on the Emotions: Tusculan Disputations 3 and 4 ; Stoicism and Emotion ; and, in collaboration with A.A. Long, a complete translation of Seneca's Letters on Ethics . A.A. Long is chancellor's professor of classics emeritus and affiliated professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Greek Models of Mind and Self and Epictetus: How to be Free . Klappentext "Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and advisor to the Emperor Nero. Seneca's writings are read by scholars, students, and innumerable individuals interested in how philosophy can influence our daily lives. This volume collects 50 of Seneca's most important, popular, and interesting letters."-- Zusammenfassung A selection of Seneca's most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4BCE-65CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, and advisor to Emperor Nero. Margaret Graver is the Aaron Lawrence Professor in Classics at Dartmouth College. Her publications include Cicero on the Emotions: Tusculan Disputations 3 and 4; Stoicism and Emotion; and, in collaboration with A.A. Long, a complete translation of Seneca's Letters on Ethics. A.A. Long is chancellor's professor of classics emeritus and affiliated professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Greek Models of Mind and Self and Epictetus: How to be Free.

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"Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and advisor to the Emperor Nero. Seneca's writings are read by scholars, students, and innumerable individuals interested in how philosophy can influence our daily lives. This volume collects 50 of Seneca's most important, popular, and interesting letters."--

Zusammenfassung
A selection of Seneca's most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life.