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Emily Wilson Seneca
a life
Biografie van de Romeinse wijsgeer (ca. 4 v. Chr.-65 na Chr.).
Engels | 253 pagina's | Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, [Londen] | 2015
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Emily Wilson The greatest empire
a life of Seneca
"The life and works of Seneca pose a number of fascinating challenges. For one thing, how can we reconcile the bloody, passionate tragedies, with the prose works advocating a life of Stoic tranquility? An even more challenging question is, how are we to reconcile Seneca the Stoic philosopher, the man of principle, who advocated a life of calm and simplicity, with Seneca the man of the moment, who amassed a vast personal fortune in the service of an emperor seen by many, at the time and afterwards,...
Engels | 253 pagina's | Oxford University Press, New York, NY | 2014
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