Reading Seneca - Stoic Philosophy at Rome

Zusatztext ...the erudition running through this book is outstanding...for those who already know Seneca and find his views helpful, this book will guide the reader to a deeper understanding Informationen zum Autor Brad Inwood is Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy and Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Toronto 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. 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 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. This volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging 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, Inwood Brad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.2008
• EAN: 9780199250905
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925090-5
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• 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