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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141395850
ISBN-139780141395852
eBay Product ID (ePID)202492850
Product Key Features
Book TitleLetters from a Stoic
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Essays
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy
AuthorSeneca
Book SeriesA Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length6.7 in
Item Width4.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal188
SynopsisA new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts. A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived "in accordance with nature," Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Rome's transition to Christianity, for it upholds upright ethical ideals and extols virtuous living, as well as expressing disgust for the harsh treatment of slaves and the inhumane slaughter witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind. Robin Campbell's distinguished translation captures Seneca's humour and concise, memorable aphorisms and his introduction discusses the tensions between Seneca's philosophy and his turbulent career as adviser to the tyrannical emperor Nero. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living. Seneca's writings are a profound, powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.
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- 03. Mai. 2023
Seneca's magnum opus, great value for a hardback
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- 25. Jun. 2019
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