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Seneca the Younger was a statesman and philosopher who lived in Rome around the dawn of the Common Era. Though he wrote a large amount of tragedies and other works, today he’s perhaps best known for his writing on Stoic philosophy and principles.
Seneca didn’t write books about Stoicism; rather, he composed essays and sent letters over the course of his lifetime that addressed that philosophy. Since these essays and letters are addressed to his friends and contemporaries, they’re written in a conversational style, and thus referred to as his “Dialogues.” Some were written to friends on the death of their loved ones, in an effort to console and comfort them. Others were written to help friends with their personality flaws, like anger. One, “On Clemency,” was addressed to the emperor Nero as an effort to guide him on the path of good statesmanship.
This collection contains all of his dialogues, including the longer “On Benefits.”
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Includes: To Marcia, on Consolation; On Anger; To Helvia, on Consolation; To Polybius, on Consolation; On the Shortness of Life; On Leisure; On Peace of Mind; On Providence; On the Firmness of the Wise Person; On a Happy Life; On Clemency; and, On Benefits.
This book has 552 pages in the PDF version. This translation by Aubrey Stewart was originally published 1887-1898.
Production notes: This ebook of Dialogues was published by Global Grey in 2019.
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Dialogues by Seneca. Seneca the Younger was a statesman and philosopher who lived in Rome around the dawn of the Common Era. Though he wrote a large amount of tragedies and other works, today he’s perhaps best known for his writing on Stoic philosophy and principles.
This volume of translations from Seneca’s prose works is intended partly to supplement the earlier Penguin Classics selection of his letters by Robin Campbell, Seneca: Letters from a Stoic (Harmondsworth, 1969) and partly to reect the increased interest in Seneca which has been a notable feature of classical scholarship
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Dialogues: Seneca’s dialogues and consolations, including “On Benefits,” examine living life through the lens of Stoic philosophy.
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In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote exercises in practical philosophy that draw upon contemporary Roman life and illuminate the intellectual concerns of the day.
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