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Seneca : Selected Philosophical Letters

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Inwood, Brad.
Contributor:
Inwood, Brad, Contributor.
Series:
Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Philosophy, Ancient.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Correspondence.
Local Subjects:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Correspondence.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (777 p.)
Place of Publication:
Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascinating philosophical document in their own right. This selection of the letters aims to include those which are of greatest philosophical interest, especially those which highlight the debates between Stoics and Platonists or Aristotelians in the first century AD, and the issue, still important today, of how technicalphilosophical enquiry is related to the various purposes for which philosophy is practised. In addition to examining the philosophica
Contents:
Cover Page; Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers; Published in the Series; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations and Conventions; Translations; Letter 58; Letter 65; Letter 66; Letter 71; Letter 76; Letter 85; Letter 87; Letter 106; Letter 113; Letter 117; Letter 118; Letter 119; Letter 120; Letter 121; Letter 122; Letter 123; Letter 124; Commentary; Group 1; Letter 58; Letter 65; Letter 66; Group 2; Letter 71; Letter 76; Group 3; Letter 85; Letter 87; Group 4; Letter 106; Letter 113; Letter 117; Group 5; Letter 118; Letter 119; Letter 120
Letter 121Letter 122; Letter 123; Letter 124; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index; Footnotes; intfn1; intfn2; intfn3; intfn4; intfn5; intfn6; intfn7; intfn8; intfn9; intfn10; intfn11; intfn12; intfn13; intfn14; intfn15; intfn16; intfn17; intfn18; ch1sub1fn1; ch1sub1fn2; ch1sub1fn3; ch1sub3fn1; ch1sub5fn1; ch1sub6fn1; ch1sub7en2; ch1sub7fn1; ch1sub8en1; ch1sub12en1; ch1sub13en1; ch1sub15en1; ch1sub15en2; ch1sub17en1; ch2sub1sub1fn1; ch2sub1sub2fn2; ch2sub1sub2fn3; ch2sub1sub2fn4; ch2sub1sub2fn5; ch2sub1sub2fn6; ch2sub5sub1fn1
Notes:
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ISBN:
1-283-22264-7
9786613222640
0-19-161457-2
0-19-156859-7
OCLC:
780425642

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