Author: Lewis A. SussmanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004057593
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Elder Seneca
Author: Lewis A. SussmanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004057593
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Seneca the Elder and His Rediscovered ›Historiae ab initio bellorum civilium‹
Author: Maria Chiara ScappaticcioPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110688662
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The refreshed insights into early-imperial Roman historiography this book offers are linked to a recent discovery. In the spring of 2014, the binders of the archive of Robert Marichal were dusted off by the ERC funded project PLATINUM (ERC-StG 2014 n°636983) in response to Tiziano Dorandi’s recollections of a series of unpublished notes on Latin texts on papyrus. Among these was an in-progress edition of the Latin rolls from Herculaneum, together with Marichal’s intuition that one of them had to be ascribed to a certain ‘Annaeus Seneca’. PLATINUM followed the unpublished intuition by Robert Marichal as one path of investigation in its own research and work. Working on the Latin P.Herc. 1067 led to confirm Marichal’s intuitions and to go beyond it: P.Herc. 1067 is the only extant direct witness to Seneca the Elder’s Historiae. Bringing a new and important chapter of Latin literature arise out of a charred papyrus is significant. The present volume is made up of two complementary sections, each of which contains seven contributions. They are in close dialogue with each other, as looking at the same literary matter from several points of view yields undeniable advantages and represents an innovative and fruitful step in Latin literary criticism. These two sections express the two different but interlinked axes along which the contributions were developed. On one side, the focus is on the starting point of the debate, namely the discovery of the papyrus roll transmitting the Historiae of Seneca the Elder and how such a discovery can be integrated with prior knowledge about this historiographical work. On the other side, there is a broader view on early-imperial Roman historiography, to which the new perspectives opened by the rediscovery of Seneca the Elder’s Historiae greatly contribute.
Voice of the Hawk Elder
Author: Edna GordonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780975443712
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Edna Gordon provides life lessons as a Hen Hawk Elder from the Cattaraugus Reservation of the Seneca people. She shares her valuable teaching lessons and poetry on Mother Earth and our need to find balance in our lives and within our environments. In "Voice of the Hawk Elder," with the assistance of former National Georgraphic writer and editor, Harvey Arden, her words come to shape a picture of a world we need to find, from a woman whose voice we need to hear!
Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus SenencaPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022678309X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A selection of Seneca’s most significant letters that illuminate his philosophical and personal life. “There is only one course of action that can make you happy. . . . rejoice in what is yours. What is it that is yours? Yourself; the best part of you.” In the year 62, citing health issues, the Roman philosopher Seneca withdrew from public service and devoted his time to writing. His letters from this period offer a window onto his experience as a landowner, a traveler, and a man coping with the onset of old age. They share his ideas on everything from the treatment of enslaved people to the perils of seafaring, and they provide lucid explanations for many key points of Stoic philosophy. This selection of fifty letters brings out the essentials of Seneca’s thought, with much that speaks directly to the modern reader. Above all, they explore the inner life of the individual who proceeds through philosophical inquiry from a state of emotional turmoil to true friendship, self-determination, and personal excellence.
The Ethics of the Family in Seneca
Author: Liz GloynPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107145473
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Model mothers -- A band of brothers -- The mystery of marriage -- The desirable contest between fathers and sons -- The imperfect imperial family -- Rewriting the family
Dialogues and Essays
Author: Lucius Annaeus SenecaPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199552401
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy.
The Daily Stoic
Author: Ryan HolidayPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735211744
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a daily devotional of Stoic meditations—an instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have history's greatest minds—from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with today's top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities—embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers 366 days of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations from the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the playwright Seneca, or slave-turned-philosopher Epictetus, as well as lesser-known luminaries like Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Every day of the year you'll find one of their pithy, powerful quotations, as well as historical anecdotes, provocative commentary, and a helpful glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings over the course of a year (and, indeed, for years to come) you'll find the serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience you need to live well.
The Elder Seneca
Author: Lewis A. SussmanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004327681
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
The Reception of Cicero in the Early Roman Empire
Author: Thomas J. KeelinePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108426239
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Explores the crucial role played by rhetorical education in turning Cicero into a literary and political symbol after his death.
On the Shortness of Life
Author: SenecaPublisher: Camelot Editora
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
One of Seneca's most well-known works is also a moral essay that brings powerful reflections on death, human nature, and the art of living. Regarded as one of the most renowned texts of Stoic philosophy, it was structured in the form of letters addressed to Paulinus and gathers, briefly and assertively, the ideas and inquiries of one of the most celebrated intellectuals of his time in an incessant quest to live life in the best possible way. Its principles of wisdom, though written over two thousand years ago, continue to provide great lessons to this day.