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UNINA9910451663303321 |
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Autore |
Inwood Brad |
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Titolo |
Reading Seneca [[electronic resource] ] : Stoic philosophy at Rome / / Brad Inwood |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-19061-6 |
9786611190613 |
0-19-153060-3 |
1-4356-2247-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stoics |
Ethics, Ancient |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint of twelve previously published essays. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-362) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Seneca in his philosophica milieu -- Seneca and psychological dualism -- Politics and paradox in Seneca's De beneficiis -- Rules and reasoning in stoic ethics -- The will in Seneca -- God and human knowledge in Seneca's Natural questions -- Moral judgement in Seneca -- Natural law in Seneca -- Reason, rationalization, and happiness -- Getting to goodness -- Seneca on freedom and autonomy -- Seneca and self-assertion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's fertile, wide-ranging thought and its impact on subsequent generations. - ;Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most influential essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pie |
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