Letters from a Stoic Complete Royal Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Seneca Lucius Annaeus
Letters from a Stoic Complete Royal Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Seneca Lucius Annaeus Letters from a Stoic, include the complete surviving collection of 124 letters that…
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Letters from a Stoic Complete Royal Collector's Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket Seneca Lucius Annaeus
Letters from a Stoic, include the complete surviving collection of 124 letters that Seneca the Younger wrote at the end of his life. They are addressed to Lucilius, the then procurator of Sicily, who is known only through Seneca's writings. They were written during his retirement, after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for more than ten years.
The letters often begin with an observation on daily life, and then proceed to an issue or principle abstracted from that observation. The letters focus on many traditional themes of Stoic philosophy such as the contempt of death, the stout-heartedness of the sage, and virtue as the supreme good.Regardless of how Seneca and Lucilius actually corresponded, it is clear that Seneca crafted the letters with a broad readership in mind. The result is like a diary, or handbook of philosophical meditations.
Seneca's letters are