About this title: A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and influential masters of Latin prose. This selection explores his thoughts on philosophy and the trials of life. In the Consolation to Helvia he strives to offer solace to his mother, following his exile in AD 41, while On the ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1997-11-01
ISBN-13:9780140446791ISBN:0140446796
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140446791ISBN:0140446796
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140446791ISBN:0140446796
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140446791ISBN:0140446796
Description: New. Accused of conspiring against the emperor Nero, Seneca was commanded to commit suicide, which he did in characteristic Stoic manner. Included in this volume are his dialogues ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE and ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND; also extracts from NAT... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140446791ISBN:0140446796
Description: New. A selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and... read more
Edition: C.D.N. Costa (Professor of Classics and Chairman of the School
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, UK
ISBN-13:9780140446791ISBN:0140446796
Description: New. Accused of conspiring against the emperor Nero, Seneca was commanded to commit suicide, which he did in characteristic Stoic manner. Included in this volume are his dialogues ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE and ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND; also extracts from NATURAL QUESTIONS and the CONSOLATION TO HELVIA. Seneca's prose works were admired by the major literary figures of Elizabethan England. ISBN10: 0140446796. read more
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