Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose - Hardcover
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understood as someone intensely interested in the question of philosophy's social entanglements and presuppositions. Seneca's use of Roman politics and of the institution of slavery in elaborating his ideal of a life guided by reason is carefully examined in the book.
Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose - Hardcover
$179.55
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by Carey Seal (Author)
The Roman philosopher Seneca addressed himself to the question of how we ought to live in letters and treatises that have engaged the attention of readers from his own day to the present. A committed, if critical and eccentric, adherent of Stoicism, he gives us a set of reflections on the good
life that are rich both in philosophical subtlety and in vivid engagement with day-to-day life in ancient Rome. Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose proposes a new understanding of the relationship between these two facets of Seneca's achievement, examining how he balances the Socratic
imperative to subject one's life to rational scrutiny, on the one hand, with the claims of Roman moral tradition on the other.
understood as someone intensely interested in the question of philosophy's social entanglements and presuppositions. Seneca's use of Roman politics and of the institution of slavery in elaborating his ideal of a life guided by reason is carefully examined in the book.
Author Biography
Carey Seal is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Davis.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN
Publication Date: April 23, 2021