Four dialogues / Seneca ; edited by C. D. N. Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Contributor:

Costa, C. D. N. (Charles Desmond Nuttall), 1932-2007.

Standardized Title:

Dialogi. English & Latin. Selections

Language:

English

Latin

Physical Description:

vi, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Warminster, England : Aris & Phillips, [1994]

Summary:

The Dialogues were an important medium for the spreading of Greek philosophical theories to the Roman world and to subsequent ages. This selection is of complete, not excerpted, dialogues. The commentary concentrates on subject matter and the philosophical ideas informing the treatises, though help is also given where needed on grammatical and lexical points. The four chosen dialogues give a fair idea of the range of Seneca's philosophical interests and of his didactic techniques. This is the first serious commentary in English on any of Seneca's Dialogues since Duff (1915).Latin text with facing translation, commentary and notes.

Contents:

De vita beata

De tranquillitate animi

De constantia sapientis

Ad Helviam matrem de consolatione.

Notes:

Texts in English and Latin on facing pages.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-7) and index.

ISBN:

0856685607

0856685615

OCLC:

32059661