Reading Seneca : Stoic philosophy at Rome /
Inwood, Brad.
Reading Seneca : Stoic philosophy at Rome / Brad Inwood. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages)
Reprint of twelve previously published essays.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index.
Seneca in his philosophica milieu -- Seneca and psychological dualism -- Politics and paradox in Seneca's De beneficiis -- Rules and reasoning in stoic ethics -- The will in Seneca -- God and human knowledge in Seneca's Natural questions -- Moral judgement in Seneca -- Natural law in Seneca -- Reason, rationalization, and happiness -- Getting to goodness -- Seneca on freedom and autonomy -- Seneca and self-assertion.
Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations. - ;Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pie.
9780191530609 (electronic bk.) 0191530603 (electronic bk.) 9781435622470 (electronic bk.) 1435622472 (electronic bk.) 9780199250899 0199250898
2005296403 Uk
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. --Criticism and interpretation.
Sénèque, le philosophe, approximately 4 av. J.-C.-65 --Critique et interprétation.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Stoics.
Ethics, Ancient.
Stoïcisme.
Morale ancienne.
stoicism.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Ancient & Classical.
Ethics, Ancient.
Stoics.
Stoa.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6675.Z9 / I59 2005eb
188
Reading Seneca : Stoic philosophy at Rome / Brad Inwood. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages)
Reprint of twelve previously published essays.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index.
Seneca in his philosophica milieu -- Seneca and psychological dualism -- Politics and paradox in Seneca's De beneficiis -- Rules and reasoning in stoic ethics -- The will in Seneca -- God and human knowledge in Seneca's Natural questions -- Moral judgement in Seneca -- Natural law in Seneca -- Reason, rationalization, and happiness -- Getting to goodness -- Seneca on freedom and autonomy -- Seneca and self-assertion.
Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations. - ;Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pie.
9780191530609 (electronic bk.) 0191530603 (electronic bk.) 9781435622470 (electronic bk.) 1435622472 (electronic bk.) 9780199250899 0199250898
2005296403 Uk
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. --Criticism and interpretation.
Sénèque, le philosophe, approximately 4 av. J.-C.-65 --Critique et interprétation.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Stoics.
Ethics, Ancient.
Stoïcisme.
Morale ancienne.
stoicism.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Ancient & Classical.
Ethics, Ancient.
Stoics.
Stoa.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6675.Z9 / I59 2005eb
188