Seneca

Dialogues and letters: edited and translated by C.D.N Costa - London Penguin Books 1997 - xxxviii,19.5cm,132p. - Penguin Classics .

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.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 4 B.C.-65 A.D.


Dialogues--Translations into English.--Latin
Philosophy --Early works to 1800.
Ethics --Early works to 1800.

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