Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Dialogues and letters: edited and translated by C.D.N Costa

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin ClassicsPublication details: London Penguin Books 1997Description: xxxviii,19.5cm,132pISBN:
  • 9780140446791
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 188 Sen/Dia
Summary: Included in this volume are the dialogues On the Shortness of Life and On Tranquility of Mind, which are eloquent classic statements of Stoic ideals of fortitude and self-reliance. This selection also features extracts from Natural Questions, Seneca's exploration of such phenomena as the cataracts of the Nile and earthquakes, and the Consolation of Helvia, in which he tenderly tries to soothe his mother's pain at their separation.
Item type: Books
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Translated from the Latin.

Includes bibliographical references and index p.114-132

Included in this volume are the dialogues On the Shortness of Life and On Tranquility of Mind, which are eloquent classic statements of Stoic ideals of fortitude and self-reliance. This selection also features extracts from Natural Questions, Seneca's exploration of such phenomena as the cataracts of the Nile and earthquakes, and the Consolation of Helvia, in which he tenderly tries to soothe his mother's pain at their separation.