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

By:

Seneca

Contributor(s):

Costa, C.D.N (ed.) Charles Desmond Nuttall, 1932-2007

Material type: Text

TextSeries: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Asiatic Society of Mumbai	188 Sen/Dia (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Presented by Rusi J. Daruwala dated 2018/06/06		198527

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.