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 Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource (349 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections. English. 2014 |
| Series | Complete 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Hardship and Happiness. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226748320 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Early works. |
| ISBN | 9780226108353 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 022610835X (electronic bk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |