The ethics of the family in Seneca / Liz Gloyn (Royal Holloway, University Of London).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gloyn, Liz, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Families.

Physical Description:

xi, 249 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book is the first extensive study of the role of the family in the work of Seneca. It offers a new way of reading philosophy that combines philosophical analysis with social, cultural and historical factors to bring out the ways in which Stoicism presents itself as in tune with the universe. The family serves a central role in an individual's moral development - both the family as conventionally understood, and the wider conceptual family which Stoicism constructs. Innovative readings of Seneca's work bring out the importance of the family to his thought and how it interacts with other Stoic doctrines. We learn how to be virtuous from observing and imitating our family, who can be biological relatives or people we choose as our intellectual ancestors. 'The Ethics of the Family in Seneca' will be of particular interest to researchers in Roman Stoicism, imperial culture and the history of the family.

Contents:

Model mothers

A band of brothers

The mystery of marriage

The desirable contest between fathers and sons

The imperfect imperial family

Rewriting the family.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781107145474

1107145473

OCLC:

959650199

Publisher Number:

99971603489