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Lucius annaeus seneca author, robin campbell translator. Edited by worldrenowned classicists elizabeth asmis, shadi bartsch. In ad 41, seneca was exiled to the island of corsica under emperor claudius, but was allowed to return in 49. Seneca wrote a number of books on stoicism, mostly on ethics, with one work naturales quaestiones on the physical world. Among the personalities of the early roman empire there are few who offer to the readers of today such dramatic interest as does lucius annaeus seneca, the author of the epistles which are translated in this volume. Letters from a stoic penguin classics paperback july 30, 1969. At one time an advisor at court to nero, seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor and compelled to commit suicide. After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of lucius annaeus seneca or seneca the younger, c. Seneca wrote extensively on ethics, and the chapter attempts to present an overview of his moral teaching. Brad inwood is professor of philosophy and classics at yale university. Medea, the phoenician women, phaedra, the trojan women, octavia the complete works of lucius annaeus seneca by lucius annaeus seneca, shadi bartsch, et al. You have asked me, lucilius, why, if a providence rules the world, it still happens that many evils befall good men. He is the author of many books on ancient philosophy, including epictetus. His father was seneca the elder, his elder brother was lucius junius gallio annaeanus, and his nephew was the poet lucan.
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