Product Information
This volume offers new translations of the most important of Seneca's Moral Essays : On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life, and the first four books of On Favours. They give a full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker. A General Introduction describes Seneca's life and career and explains the fundamental ideas underlying the Stoic moral, social and political philosophy in the essays. Individual introductions, footnotes and biographical notes explain their historical and philosophical contexts.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521348188
eBay Product ID (ePID)86588163
Product Key Features
Number of Pages370 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSeneca: Moral and Political Essays
Publication Year1995
Subject AreaPolitical Science
SeriesCambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Dimensions
Item Height213 mm
Item Weight450 g
Additional Product Features
EditorJ. F. Procope
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSeneca
TranslatorJohn M. Cooper