Alain de Botton's bestselling <em>The Consolations of Philosophy</em>--later made into a six-part TV series--has helped popularize ancient philosophy and especially the work of Seneca. This superb volume offers the finest translation of Seneca's dialogues and essays in print, capturing the full ran
Dialogues and essays
โ Scribed by Davie, John;Reinhardt, Tobias;Seneca; Lucius Annaeus
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 298
- Series
- Oxford World's Classics
- Edition
- Reissued
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Subjects
Conduct of life / Early works to 1800;Ethics / Early works to 1800;Seneca / Lucius Annaeus / ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D / Translations into English
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
On providence -- On anger, book 3. Consolation to Marcia -- On the happy life -- On the tranquillity of the mind -- On the shortness of life -- Consolation to Helvia -- On mercy -- Natural questions, book 6: On earthquakes.;"In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his tho
This new translation of a selection of Plutarch's miscellaneous works - the Moralia - illustrates his thinking on religious, ethical, social, and political issues. Two genres are represented: the dialogue, which Plutarch wrote in a tradition nearer to Cicero than to Plato, and the informal treatise
<p>This series is conceived as a library of bilingual editions of works chosen for their importance to Italian literature and to the international tradition of art and thought Italy has nurtured. In each volume an Italian text in an authoritative edition is paired with a new facing-page translation
Alain de Botton's bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy--later made into a six-part TV series--has helped popularize ancient philosophy and especially the work of Seneca. This superb volume offers the finest translation of Seneca's dialogues and essays in print, capturing the full range of his