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Politics & Social Sciences

Of Leisure

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Of Leisure is about the rational use of free time, by which one can still actively help humanity by engaging in broader questions about nature and the universe. Seneca interprets the term "Otio" as representing something... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

Of Providence

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(24 reviews)

Of Providence is an essay in the form of a dialogue, written by Seneca in the last years of his life. It deals with the problem of the coexistence of divine providence and the evil in the world. The complete title of the... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

Of Peace of Mind

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The essay "Of Peace of Mind" was written as a means of guidance for all those who wish to dedicate themselves to moral improvement. Seneca presents the stoic doctrine's response to help us overcome the torments caused by... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

Of peace of mind

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(13 reviews)

De Tranquillitate Animi is a philosophical treatise about the relation between happiness and peace of mind. See More

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On Anger

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(141 reviews)

The essay On Anger is addressed to Seneca's older brother, Gallio. The first part (I-II, xvii) deals with theoretical issues, while the second part (II,xviii - final) offers therapeutic advice. It begins with a preamble on... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

Consolations from a Stoic

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(34 reviews)

Consolations from a Stoic The art of consoling the afflicted has a long history. Texts by stoics, peripatetics, epicurists and platonics have become a fundamental reference in the practice of the medicine of the soul. Today... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

Of Clemency

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"Of Clemency", also translated as "On Mercy", is an essay of originally three volumes of which only the first and part of the second survived. It was written in 55-56 AD, dedicated to Emperor Nero in his first (or second)... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

On the Firmness of the Wise Person

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On the Firmness of the Wise Man is a moral essay written by Seneca in the form of a dialogue. It is practical advice on how to face insults. The work celebrates the serenity of the ideal stoic sage who, with inner firmness... See More

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On the Happy Life (Illustrated): De Vita Beata

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(306 reviews)

"True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. De Vita Beata or On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

Peace of Mind (Illustrated): De Tranquillitate Animi

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(125 reviews)

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor the body." - Seneca. Peace of Mind (De Tranquillitate Animi) is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger during the years 49 to 62 A.D. It concerns the state of mind of Seneca's... See More

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Literature & Fiction

Thyestes (NHB Classic Plays Book 0)

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A violent tragedy by a contemporary of Nero, in a faithful and uncut translation by one of our leading dramatists. Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes's sons and serving... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

On Benefits

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Written between 56 and 64 CE, "On Benefits" is a treatise addressed to Seneca's close friend Aebutius Liberalis. The longest of Seneca's works dealing with a single subject -- how to give and receive benefits and how to... See More

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Politics & Social Sciences

How To Be a Stoic (Penguin Great Ideas)

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(96 reviews)

'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen' How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation and inspiration from the three... See More

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Literary Criticism

Dialogues and Essays (Oxford World's Classics)

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(318 reviews)

'No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.' In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young... See More

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Literature & Fiction

Dialogues and Essays

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In ancient Rome, Seneca the Younger rose to power as a politician and statesman during the middle of his life. Seneca was noted in his time for his oratorical skill in the Roman Senate, a skill which drew the ire of Emperor... See More

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On the Shortness of Life

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Originally written around 49 AD for his father-in-law Paulinus, Seneca here brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that people waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to Seneca, nature... See More

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Classics

The Satyricon AND The Apocolocyntosis

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Perhaps the strangest - and most strikingly modern - work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here... See More

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Literature & Fiction

Phaedra and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

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Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt, sorrow... See More

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