Thesiss

The thesis consists of five chapters: the first functions as an overture; the second, third and fourth deal with Plato, Cicero and Montaigne respectively; and the fifth raises some questions. The overture explores the ways in which Odysseus, Lucretius and Seneca approached death…

Most writers, both ancient and modern, on the Roman world following the downfall of the Republic and the rise of Augustus have centered their narratives on the person of the emperor, with emphasis primarily placed on dynastic intrigue and the larger-than-life figures that made u…

In the final extant letter of his Epistulae Morales, Seneca the Younger attributes the human good to the work of cura, “care” or “concern,” before abruptly discussing how humans, unique among animals, have access to future time. This dissertation argues that Seneca’s distinctive…

This dissertation argues that moral and religious authorities of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods adapted rules for emotional governance from Senecan philosophy. These Senecan rules helped institute a performance-based approach to managing emotion, which relied on programmat…

The passenger pigeon—Ectopistes migratorius—is an extinct subspecies of pigeon that was used as a staple food source by the Haudenosaunee—also known as the Iroquois Confederacy. The largest passenger pigeon flocks were described by eyewitnesses as covering hundreds of miles, and…