Epistulae Morales Selectae

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca Narrated by LibriVox Community

Overview

Seneca is an important repository of Stoic doctrine. His reputation, based on the ancient testimony, has remained ambiguous down to the present day: he was a Stoic hero who attempted to advise Nero, he was a dissolute hypocrite, he was a Christian saint. That said, his letters provided a format for philosophical discourse that long remained valid for Western Europe. His musings always sprang from concrete situations: the games in the Coliseum, the noise from a public bath below his apartment. Montaigne admired the style of his Latin, which he called "nerveux": taut and full of energy. (Summary by Malone)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170423903
Publisher:	LibriVox
Publication date:	08/25/2014
Language:	Latin

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