Description: Letters from a Stoic : Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium, Hardcover by Seneca; Campbell, Robin (TRN), ISBN 0141395850, ISBN-13 9780141395852, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
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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 that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Romes 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 slaughter witnessed in the Roman arenas. Senecas 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 Campbells distinguished translation captures Senecas humour and concise, memorable aphorisms and his introduction discusses the tensions between Senecas philosophy and his turbulent career as adviser to the tyrannical emperor Nero.
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Book Title: Letters from a Stoic
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Essays
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 1.2 in
Illustrator: Yes, Bickford-Smith, Coralie
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Author: Seneca
Item Length: 6.7 in
Item Width: 4.3 in
Book Series: A Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
Format: Hardcover
