Letters from a stoic: epistulae morales ad lucilium
Auteur :
Seneca
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780140442106
Date de publication :
26 août 2004
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
191 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived "in accordance with nature", Stoicism called for restraint of animal instincts and severing of emotional ties. Seneca's contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into an inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.