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Letters from a Stoic
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Epistles, Volume I
Meditative missives.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt’s care. He …
Peace of Mind
Peace of Mind (De Tranquillitate Animi) is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger during the years 49 to 62 A.D. It concerns the state of mind of Seneca's friend Annaeus Serenus, …
Phaedra and Other Plays
Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of …
Natural Questions
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The …
Seneca's Letters from a Stoic
As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne. His lasting fame derives from his writings on Stoic …
The Satyricon and Seneca the Apocolocyntosis
Perhaps the strangest - and most strikingly modern - work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and …
Stoicism: Conquer fear, crush stress, find inner peace and be successful
Description Stoicism: Conquer fear, crush stress, find inner peace and be successful is your practical guide to a better and more interesting life. This handy manual will teach you …
Declamations, Volume II: Controversiae, Books 7–10. Suasoriae. Fragments
Mock trial—Roman style.Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an …
Moral Essays, Volume III
Topics in Stoicism.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt’s care. …
Natural Questions, Volume II
Following nature in pursuit of ethics.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome …
Seneca: De otio; De brevitate vitae
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 …