Reading Seneca - Stoic Philosophy At Rome

Zusatztext ...indispensable for future work on anything having to do with Roman Stoicism... Klappentext Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations. Zusammenfassung Presents a selection of the author's most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume is of interest to those seeking to understand Seneca's fertile thought and its impact on subsequent generations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Seneca in his Philosophical Milieu 2: Seneca and Psychological Dualism 3: Politics and Paradox in Seneca's De Beneficiis 4: Rules and Reasoning in Stoic Ethics 5: The Will in Seneca 6: God and Human Knowledge in Seneca's Natural Questions 7: Moral Judgement in Seneca 8: Natural Law in Seneca 9: Reason, Rationalization, and Happiness in Seneca 10: Getting to Goodness 11: Seneca on Freedom and Autonomy 12: Seneca on Self Assertion

Product details

• Authors: Brad Inwood, Brad (Department of Philosophy Inwood, Brad (Departments of Classics and Philosop Inwood, Inwood Brad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2005
• EAN: 9780199250899
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925089-9
• No. of pages: 396
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500