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1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
Reprint of twelve previously published essays. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index. |
Contents |
Seneca in his philosophica milieu -- Seneca and psychological dualism -- Politics and paradox in Seneca's De beneficiis -- Rules and reasoning in stoic ethics -- The will in Seneca -- God and human knowledge in Seneca's Natural questions -- Moral judgement in Seneca -- Natural law in Seneca -- Reason, rationalization, and happiness -- Getting to goodness -- Seneca on freedom and autonomy -- Seneca and self-assertion. |
Summary |
Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations. - ;Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pie. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Sénèque, le philosophe, approximately 4 av. J.-C.-65 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Stoics.
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Stoics. |
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Ethics, Ancient.
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Ethics, Ancient. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Inwood, Brad. Reading Seneca. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0199250898 9780199250899 (DLC) 2005296403 (OCoLC)58054349 |
ISBN |
9780191530609 (electronic book) |
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0191530603 (electronic book) |
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9781435622470 (electronic book) |
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1435622472 (electronic book) |
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9780199250899 |
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0199250898 |
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0199250898 |
Standard No. |
9780199250899 |
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