Seneca Philosophus / edited by Jula Wildberger, Marcia L. Colish.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wildberger, Jula, 1962- editor.

Colish, Marcia L., editor.

Series:

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 27.

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes (TCSV), 1868-4785 ; volume 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D--Congresses.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addressing classicists, philosophers, students, and general readers alike, this volume emphasizes the unity of Seneca's work and his originality as a translator of Stoic ideas in the literary forms of imperial Rome. It features a vitalizing diversity of contributors from different generations, disciplines, and research cultures. Several prominent Seneca scholars publishing in other languages are for the first time made accessible to anglophone readers.

Das Buch wendet sich an Fachleute ebenso wie Studierende und das allgemeine Publikum. Es präsentiert eine ungewöhnliche Vielfalt von Beiträgern verschiedener Generationen, Fachrichtungen und nationaler Wissenskulturen, teilweise zum ersten Mal überhaupt in Englisch. Gemeinsam betonen sie die Einheit von Senecas Oeuvre und seine Originalität als Mittler stoischen Gedankenguts in den literarischen Formen des Prinzipats.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting to Goodness: Reflections on Chapter 10 of Brad Inwood, Reading Seneca / Hadot, Ilsetraut

Seneca on Prolēpsis: Greek Sources and Cicero's Influence / Orlando, Antonello

Did Seneca Understand Medea? A Contribution to the Stoic Account of Akrasia / Müller, Jörn

Seneca on Acting against Conscience / Colish, Marcia L.

Seneca on the Analysis and Therapy of Occurrent Emotions / Kaufman, David H.

Double Vision and Cross-Reading in Seneca's Epistulae Morales and Naturales Quaestiones / Williams, Gareth D.

Freedom in Seneca: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Philosophy and Politics, Public and Private Life / Pierini, Rita Degl'Innocenti

Torture in Seneca's Philosophical Works: Between Justification and Condemnation / Courtil, Jean-Christophe

Gender-Based Differential Morbidity and Moral Teaching in Seneca's Epistulae morales / Gazzarri, Tommaso

My Family Tree Goes Back to the Romans: Seneca's Approach to the Family in the Epistulae Morales / Gloyn, Elizabeth

Honeybee Reading and Self-Scripting: Epistulae Morales 84 / Graver, Margaret R.

The Philosopher as Craftsman: A Topos between Moral Teaching and Literary Production / Cermatori, Linda

Sententiae in Seneca / Dinter, Martin T.

Having the Right to Philosophize: A New Reading of Seneca, De Vita Beata 1.1-6.2 / De Pietro, Matheus

In Praise of Tubero's Pottery: A Note on Seneca, Ep. 95.72-73 and 98.13 / Berno, Francesca Romana

Seneca's Letters to Lucilius: Hypocrisy as a Way of Life / Jones, Madeleine

The Epicurus Trope and the Construction of a "Letter Writer" in Seneca's Epistulae Morales / Wildberger, Jula

Abbreviations

Index of Passages Cited

Index of Modern Authors

General Index

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110373554

3110373556

9783110349863

3110349868

OCLC:

897444201