Seneca / / Christopher Star

• Autore: Star Christopher
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, , 2016; London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 195 pages)
• Disciplina: 872/.01; 188
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Seneca's philosophy -- Seneca's tragedies -- Reception.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Seneca
• ISBN: 1-350-98799-9; 1-78673-038-3; 1-78672-038-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162793203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Understanding classics.