Seneca: Selected Philosophical Letters (Clarendon Later Ancient Philosophers)

by Brad Inwood

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Seneca's Letters to Lucilius are a rich source of information about ancient Stoicism, an influential work for early modern philosophers, and a fascinating philosophical document in their own right. This selection of the letters aims to include those which are of greatest philosophical interest, especially those which highlight the debates between Stoics and Platonists or Aristotelians in the first century AD, and the issue, still important today, of how technicalphilosophical enquiry is show more related to the various purposes for which philosophy is practised. In addition to examining the philosophica show less

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Brad Inwood, University Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

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Seneca the Younger

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, History
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188Philosophy and PsychologyAncient, medieval & eastern philosophyStoic philosophy
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B615 .A4Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPhilosophy (General)By periodAncient
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