Seneca''s Affective Cosmos - Subjectivity, Feeling, Knowledge in Natural Questions Beyond

Chiara Graf examines the role of emotion in the scientific, philosophical, and literary works of Seneca the Younger, reading several of the Roman philosopher's key texts in dialogue with modern studies in affect theory.

Sommario

• Acknowledgments


• Editions of Works Quoted


• Introduction


• 1: Self and Cosmos


• 2: Natural Disaster, Stupefaction, and Anxiety


• 3: Comets and Seneca's Double Miratio


• 4: Wonder and Exemplarity in the Epistulae Morales


• 5: Hope, Fear, and the Future in Seneca's Troades


• Epilogue: Affect and the Feminine


• Works Cited


• Index

Info autore

Chiara Graf is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Maryland.

Riassunto

Chiara Graf examines the role of emotion in the scientific, philosophical, and literary works of Seneca the Younger, reading several of the Roman philosopher's key texts in dialogue with modern studies in affect theory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Chiara Graf, Chiara (Assistant Professor of Classics Graf
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.05.2024
• EAN: 9780198907008
• ISBN: 978-0-19-890700-8
• Pagine: 240
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; History of Ideas, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500