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Consolations from a Stoic

Consolations from a Stoic

Hardcover

Religion General

ISBN10: 132986476X
ISBN13: 9781329864764
Publisher: Lulu Pr
Published: Jan 28 2016
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Seneca composed the Consolations while in exile on Corsica during 40-44 AD and used each opportunity to show off in writing his trendy Stoic ideas about life and the universe. His three letters of condolences De Consolatione ad Marciam, De Consolatione ad Polybium and De Consolatione ad Helviam caused a sensation in Rome when they were circulated and before long the disgraced aristocrat was recalled from banishment and given the plum appointment of tutor to the young future emperor Nero. In each work Seneca employs many of the rhetorical devices common to the consolatio tradition while incorporating his unique philosophy. His seemingly positive outlook on his own exile follows the Stoic principle that one should not be upset by uncontrollable events.

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