02626nam 2200529 450 991016279320332120191015111955.01-350-98799-91-78673-038-31-78672-038-810.5040/9781350987999(CKB)3710000001042637(MiAaPQ)EBC4792856(CaBNVSL)mat50987999(OCoLC)1162709596(CaBNVSL)9781350987999(EXLCZ)99371000000104263720191015e20192016 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSeneca /Christopher StarFirst edition.London, England :I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,2016.London, England :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (ix, 195 pages)Understanding classics1-84885-890-6 1-84885-889-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index.Introduction -- Seneca's philosophy -- Seneca's tragedies -- Reception."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.Understanding classics.Literary studies: plays & playwrights872/.01188Star Christopher618022Bloomsbury (Firm),NLECaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910162793203321Seneca2953884UNINA