Letters from a Stoic

出版者:Penguin Books

作者:Lucius Annaeus Seneca

页数:254

译者:Robin Campbell

出版时间:1969-7-30

价格:USD 16.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780140442106

图书标签:哲学Stoicism斯多葛Philosophy斯多葛主义Seneca古罗马塞内卡

A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65) that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Rome's transition to Christianity, for it upholds upright ethical ideals and extols virtuous living, as well as expressing disgust for the harsh treatment of slaves and the inhumane slaughters witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.

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