Seneca

de Otio; de Brevitate Vitae
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-58806-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 309 g

Reihe: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

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 treatises De otio and De brevitate vitae balance each other by representing different but complementary aspects of Senecan philosophy: in De otio, one's duty to the 'active' life, in De brevitate vitae, one's duty to oneself in reclaiming life from the impositions made upon the self. The provocative Senecan message is to promote introspection in life, and to suggest the benefits of an inner existence of the personal. In addition to its literary and linguistic emphasis, this edition tries to advertize the means by which Seneca conveys the attractions of his therapeutic 'philosophy'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seneca

Williams, Gareth

Williams, G. D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; L. ANNAEI SENECAE DE OTIO; DE BREVITATE VITAE; Commentary.

Über Autor(innen)

Seneca
G. D. Williams is Associate Professor of Classics at Columbia University and author of Banished Voices (1994; 0521 451361).