Letters From a Stoic

Seneca Sencea, Mint Editions

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English

Mint Editions
27 November 2024

Ethics & moral philosophy

""Continue to act thus, my dear Lucilius-set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which till lately has been forced from you, or filched away, or has merely slipped from your hands. Make yourself believe the truth of my words,-that certain moments are torn from us, that some are gently removed, and that others glide beyond our reach. The most disgraceful kind of loss, however, is that due to carelessness.""

For one of the major philosophical figures of the Roman Empire, philosophy was-above all else-the giving of good advice. What better way, then, could he reason to be the best vehicle for his thought, if not the simple and intimate letter? Seneca's Letters of a Stoic is a work of

masterfully crafted epistolary philosophy that consists of one hundred and twenty-four letters written towards the end of his life to his friend, Lucilius Junior.

By: Seneca Sencea
Contributions by: Mint Editions
Imprint: Mint Editions
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9798888976418
Pages: 734
Publication Date: 27 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Seneca (4 B.C.—AD 65) was a Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist best known for his contributions to the school of Stoicism. In his lifetime he published twelve philosophical essays—primarily on ethics—including De Providentia (On Providence), De Vita Beata (On the Happy Life), and De Consolatione ad Polybium (To Polybius, On Consolation); nine tragedies, and over one hundred letters on morals to Lucilius Junior known today as Letters From a Stoic.