Consolations of Seneca: To Helvia, Polybius, and Marcia

This book brings the complete Consolation works of Seneca with the 1900 translation made by Aubrey Stewart. Seneca's three Consolatory works, Consolation to Marcia, Consolation to Polybius, and Consolation to Helvia, were all constructed in the Consolatio Literary Tradition, dating back to the fifth century BC. The Consolations are part of Seneca's Treatises, commonly called Dialogues, or Dialogi. These works clearly contain essential principles of Seneca's Stoic teachings. Although they ar...