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How to say Lucius Annaeus Seneca in English? Pronunciation of Lucius Annaeus Seneca with 2 audio pronunciations, 6 synonyms, 1 meaning, 3 translations and more for Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 1 BCE – CE 65) was born in Corduba (Spain) and educated—in rhetoric and philosophy—in Rome. Seneca had a highly successful, and quite dramatic, political career. Even a brief (and by necessity incomplete) list of events in his life indicates that Seneca had ample occasion for reflection on violent emotions, the.
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Recording of Moral Letters, Vol. I by Lucius Annaeus Seneca. (Translated by Richard M.
Gummere.)Read in English by Felipe Vogel.' Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to the readers of to-day such dramatic interest as does Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the author of the Epistles which are translated in this volume. In these letters, it is impossible to ignore the advance from a somewhat stiff and Ciceronian point of view into the attractive and debatable land of what one may fairly call modern ideas. The style of the Epistles is bold, and so is the thought.' (from the Introduction)For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the for this recording.For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit.
Seneca is a major philosophical figure of the Roman Imperial Period.As a Stoic philosopher writing in Latin, Seneca makes a lastingcontribution to Stoicism. He occupies a central place in theliterature on Stoicism at the time, and shapes the understanding ofStoic thought that later generations were to have. Seneca’sphilosophical works played a large role in the revival of Stoic ideasin the Renaissance. Until today, many readers approach Stoicphilosophy through Seneca, rather than through the more fragmentaryevidence that we have for earlier Stoics. Seneca’s writings arestunningly diverse in their generic range. More than that, Senecadevelops further and shapes several philosophical genres, mostimportant, the letter and so-called “consolations”; hisessay On Mercy is considered the first example of what cameto be known as the “mirror of the prince” literature.After several centuries of relative neglect, Seneca’s philosophyhas been rediscovered in the last few decades, in what might be calleda second revival of Senecan thought. In part, this renewed interest isthe result of a general reappraisal of Roman culture.
It is alsofuelled by major progress that has been made in our understanding ofGreek Hellenistic philosophy, and by recent developments incontemporary ethics, such as a renewed interest in the theory ofemotions, roles and relationships, and the fellowship of all humanbeings. And finally, some influential scholars have found, in the wakeof Foucault’s reading of Seneca, that Seneca speaks to somedistinctively modern concerns.
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