Reading Seneca [[electronic resource] ] : Stoic philosophy at Rome / / Brad Inwood

• Autore: Inwood Brad
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
• Disciplina: 188
• Soggetto topico: Stoics; Ethics, Ancient
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Reprint of twelve previously published essays.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-362) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Reading Seneca
• ISBN: 1-281-19061-6; 9786611190613; 0-19-153060-3; 1-4356-2247-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451663303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II