Philosophy and community in Seneca's prose:

This text shows how Seneca's prose works offer both an illustration of and an invitation to philosophy as a way of life. In Seneca's hands, the specificity of the philosopher's social and historical location becomes generative of that way of life rather than an obstacle to be transcen...

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1. Verfasser: Seal, Carey 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:This text shows how Seneca's prose works offer both an illustration of and an invitation to philosophy as a way of life. In Seneca's hands, the specificity of the philosopher's social and historical location becomes generative of that way of life rather than an obstacle to be transcended. The social character of Senecan philosophical practice is brought to light through detailed examination of the ideas of solitude and independence in Seneca's writing. Later chapters explore the relationship in Seneca's works between the Socratic ideal of the examined life, on the one hand, and, on the other, some characteristically Roman social and political institutions: slavery, the philosophical school, and the commonwealth. Seneca emerges as a keen observer of philosophy's social entanglements
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (224 Seiten)
ISBN:9780190493233
9780190905859
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190493219.001.0001

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