Seneca / Christopher Star.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Star, Christopher, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Understanding classics.

Understanding classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 195 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

"After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c. 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek Stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca's original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority for many early Christian authors, and he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance."--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Seneca's philosophy

Seneca's tragedies

Reception.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index.

ISBN:

9781350987999

1350987999

9781786730381

1786730383

9781786720382

1786720388

OCLC:

1162709596