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A student's Seneca : ten letters and selections from De providentia and De vita beata / with notes and commentary by M.D. Usher.
LIBRA - Special PA6661.A7 U84 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., author.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. 2006
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Correspondence.
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.
- Philosophers--Rome--Correspondence.
- Philosophers.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
- Philosophy--Early works to 1800.
- Philosophy.
- Ethics--Early works to 1800.
- Ethics.
- Latin language--Readers.
- Latin language.
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Readers (Publications)
- Latin letters.
- Early works.
- Records and correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 181 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2006]
- Language Note:
- Texts in Latin; preface, introduction, notes and commentaries in English.
- Summary:
- "This useful student edition presents ten of Seneca's best-known letters as well as selections from two of his philosophical essays, De providentia and De vita beata. A leading proponent of Stoicism, Seneca has influenced writers and thinkers throughout the centuries. Seneca's letters and essays are ideally suitable for intermediate-level Latin students. Written in a clear and crisp style, they are universal in scope and psychological in orientation. Thus students can appreciate these works without having detailed knowledge of the historical period in which they were composed. In addition, in our own era of electronic entertainment and conspicuous consumption, Seneca's advocacy of a simple life resonates deeply with modern readers." "M.D. Usher has arranged the selections by theme, length, and degree of difficulty. Each selection is introduced by a brief summary of its significance. Usher also provides line-by-line notes on grammar, style, and content, and a vocabulary listing all Latin words found in the texts."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- part 1. Latin texts: Letter 60
- Letters 5
- Letter 43
- Letter 84
- Letter 56
- Letter 28
- Letter 44
- Letter 47
- Letter 62
- Letter 18
- Selections from "De providentia"
- Selections from "De vita beata."
- part 2. Notes and commentary.
- Notes:
- Revised and expanded edition of: Letters of Seneca / Seneca ; selected, with notes and commentary, M.D. Usher. Newburyport, MA : Focus, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium. Selections (Usher). Latin. 2006
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. De providentia. Selections (Usher). Latin. 2006
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. De vita beata. Selections (Usher). Latin. 2006
- Other Format:
- Online version: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Selections. 2006. Student's Seneca.
- ISBN:
- 0806137444
- 9780806137445
- OCLC:
- 61362238
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