ISBN 9780140442106 | 0140442103 Textbooks - "Letters from a Stoic Penguin Classics" by Robin Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Lucius Annaeus Seneca TranslatorRobin Campbell Lucius Annaeus and Campbell Lucius Annaeus Campbell

Authors: Robin - Seneca - Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Lucius Annaeus - Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Translato…
ISBN 10: 0140442103
ISBN 13: 9780140442106
Edition: Reprint
Release: July 30, 1969
Format: Paperback (254 pages)
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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 (c. 4 BC - AD 65) 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.

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Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics)