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Star Christopher |
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Seneca / / Christopher Star |
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London, England : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, , 2016 |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-98799-9 |
1-78673-038-3 |
1-78672-038-8 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 195 pages) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Seneca's philosophy -- Seneca's tragedies -- Reception. |
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"After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c. 4 BCE-65 CE). 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. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek Stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca's original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority for many early Christian authors, and he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance."--Page 4 of cover. |
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