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Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)(English / Latin)
$13.58 - Save $0.71 (4%) - RRP $14.29 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Letters from a StoicA philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived "in accordance with nature", Stoicism called for restraint of animal instincts and severing of emotional ties. Seneca's contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into an inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 31 January 1974
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Diaries, Letters & Journals | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500 | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780140442106 ISBN 10: 0140442103
- Sales rank: 9,937
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Full description for Letters from a Stoic
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.
