Hardship and happiness / Seneca ; translations by Elaine Fantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, and Gareth D. Williams.

Author/creator Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Description1 online resource (349 pages).
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Uniform titleWorks. Selections. English. 2014
SeriesComplete works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Works. English. 2010. ^A1041165
Contents Seneca and his world -- Consolation to Marcia -- Consolation to Helvia -- Consolation to Polybius -- On the shortness of life -- On the constancy of the wise person -- On tranquility of mind -- On leisure -- On the happy life -- On providence.
Abstract Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by world-renowned classicists Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection helps restore Seneca-whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson-to his rightful place among the cl.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Hardship and Happiness. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226748320
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formEarly works.
ISBN9780226108353 (electronic bk.)
ISBN022610835X (electronic bk.)

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