Ebook {Epub PDF} Seneca: The Life of a Stoic by Paul Veyne

Veyne's authoritative exposition of stoicism and the interconnections between Seneca's life and thought, make this book ideal reading for anyone interested in Roman history and philosophy. This compact and compelling book is a brilliant introduction to the life and philosophy of one of the ancient world's greatest thinkers by one of the great historians of our own time.  · Seneca: The Life of a Stoic. by. Paul Veyne. · Rating details · 29 ratings · 2 reviews. First published in Routledge is an imprint of Taylor Francis, an informa company/5(2). Paul Veyne's preface to Seneca philosophus is aimed principally at cultured nonspecialists, in the great French tradition of haute vulgarisation. Still, classicists with literary, historical, and especially philosophical interest in Seneca will find ample matter here for reflection, fulmination, and pleasure. But .

1 William Korfmacher, "Stoic Apatheia and Seneca's De Clementia," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 77 (): 44, accessed Novem, doi/ 2 Paul Veyne, Seneca: The Life of a Stoic, trans. David Sullivan (New York: Routledge, ), Quality. We will deliver you writing of the highest quality, created with thorough researching. The paper will Seneca The Life Of A Stoic|Paul Veyne be of the proper format and contain all references according to the chosen level of study and style. Seneca thinks of himself as the adherent of a philosophical system—Stoicism—and speaks in the first person plural ('we') in order to refer to the Stoics. Rather than call Seneca an orthodox Stoic, however, we might want to say that he writes within the Stoic system. Seneca emphasizes his independence as a thinker.

Seneca: The Life of a Stoic: Author: Paul Veyne: Edition: reprint: Publisher: Routledge, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects. The item Seneca: the life of a stoic, Paul Veyne ; translated from the French by David Sullivan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. SAINT SENECA P. VEYNE: Seneca. The Life of a Stoic. Translated by D. Sullivan. Pp. xii + New York and London: Routledge, (originally published as the introduction to Seneque: Entretiens, Lettres a Lucilius, ). Cased,? ISBN: Paul Veyne's preface to Seneca philosophus is aimed principally at cultured.