On Seneca's "Ad Marciam"
Author : C.E. Manning
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004327886
Of Consolation to Marcia
Author : Seneca the Younger
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,28 MB
Release : 2015-05-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781512127546
Book Description
"Of Consolation to Marcia" from Seneca the Younger. Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (4 BC - 65 AD).
The Daily Stoic
Author : Ryan Holiday
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0735211744
Book Description
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.
The Ethics of the Family in Seneca
Author : Liz Gloyn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1107145473
Book Description
Model mothers -- A band of brothers -- The mystery of marriage -- The desirable contest between fathers and sons -- The imperfect imperial family -- Rewriting the family
Hardship & Happiness
Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 022610835X
Book Description
Essays from the Stoic philosopher instructing how to find happiness in a world full of adversity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection helps restore Seneca—whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson—to his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. Hardship and Happiness collects a range of essays intended to instruct, from consolations—works that offer comfort to someone who has suffered a personal loss—to pieces on how to achieve happiness or tranquility in the face of a difficult world. Expertly translated, the essays will be read and used by undergraduate philosophy students and experienced scholars alike. Praise for Hardship and Happiness “[The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca] brings together many preeminent anglophone scholars of Seneca as editors and translators and succeeds in its aim to reach a wider audience through readable, modern English translations. . . . The overall high quality of the translations and notes make this volume (and its respective series) highly desirable for scholars and libraries alike.” —Classical Journal “A significant improvement over what has been available in English of the previous century. . . . The translations presented here admirably achieve the aim set out by the series’ editors: ‘to be faithful to the Latin while reading idiomatically in English.’ . . . Hardship and Happiness is a handsome volume, beautifully conceived and executed.” —Review of Metaphysics “We owe a debt of gratitude to Chicago for this one-volume selection of essays from long ago, which still have the power to stimulate our minds today.” —Classics for All
Dialogues and Essays
Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199552401
Book Description
Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy.
Of Consolation to Helvia
Author : Seneca
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Book Description
This is a letter written by Seneca, a Roman Philosopher. It is translated by Aubrey Stewart. "Consolation to Helvia" is written to Seneca's mother while he was exiled in Corsica by Emperor Claudius. After being accused of adultery by the new empress Messalina, he was exiled for eight years. His writing explicates how he can find grace in his life situation and offers suggestions to his mother on how to deal with his ongoing absence. Even though it was written as a private letter, it is full of wisdom that is still relevant today.
Know Yourself
Author : Ole Jakob Filtvedt
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3111083853
Book Description
The book explores ancient interpretations and usages of the famous Delphic maxim “know yourself”. The primary emphasis is on Jewish, Christian and Greco-Roman sources from the first four centuries CE. The individual contributions examine both direct quotations of the maxim as well as more distant echoes. Most of the sources included in the book have never previously been studied in any detail with a view to their use and interpretation of the Delphic maxim. Thus, the book contributes significantly to the origin and different interpretations of the maxim in antiquity as well as to its reception history in ancient philosophical and theological discourses. The chapters of the book are linked to each other by numerous cross-references which makes it possible to compare the different views of the maxim with each other. It also helps readers to notice relationships and trajectories within the material. The explorations of the relevant sources are also set in the context of ongoing debates about the shape and nature of ancient conceptions of self and self-knowledge. The book thus demonstrates the wide variety of philosophical and theological approaches in that the injunction to know oneself could be viewed and how these interpretations provide windows into ancient discourses about self and self-knowledge.
The Cambridge Companion to Seneca
Author : Shadi Bartsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1107035058
Book Description
This Companion examines the complete works of Seneca in context and establishes the importance of his legacy in Western thought.
Classica Et Mediaevalia vol.46
Author : Dansk Selskab for Oldtids- og Mi
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 2003-11-10
Category :
ISBN : 9788772893655
Book Description
William Hansen: The theft of the thunderweapon. A Greek myth in its international context Anders Holm Rasmussen: Thucydides on Pericles (Thuc. 2.65) Christian Gorm Tortzen: The Codices Theophrastei Haunienses Lawrence Okamura: Plotinus in Syria and Mesopotamia Asger Ousager: Plotinus on motion and personal identity in time and space Francis Xavier Ryan: The quaestorship of Norbanus Francis Xavier Ryan: L. Novius Niger Jo-Ann Shelton: Persuasion and paradigm in Seneca's Consolatio ad Marciam 1-6 Martin Helzle: Die Redeweise der Hauptpersonen in Silius Italicus' Punica Jon A.P. Gissel: The Philotas affair in Curtius' account of Alexander (vi.7-11). A rhetorical analysis Neil Adkin: Cyprian's De habitu virginum and Jerome's Libellus de virginitate servanda (epist. 22) Telfryn Pritchard: The Collatio Alexandri et Dindimi. A revised text Maura K. Lafferty: Nature and an unnatural man. Lucan's influence on Walter of Châtillon's concept of nature Arthur Keaveney: Remarks on J.L. Vives. Declamationes Sullanae I and II
