Seneca
"After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c. 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative…
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- Full title :Seneca / Christopher Star.
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"After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c. 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek Stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca's original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority for many early Christian authors, and he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance."--Page 4 of cover.
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- Publication Date:2016.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication:London, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 195 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781350987999, 1350987999
- DOI:10.5040/9781350987999
- oclc:on1162709596
- LC Classification:PA6675
- Dewey Decimal:872/.01
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Seneca's philosophy -- Seneca's tragedies -- Reception.
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