Seneca's Moral Epistles

by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus; Motto, Anna Lydia

• ISBN13: 9780865164871
• ISBN10: 0865164878
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub

Summary

-- Introduction on Seneca's life and work, philosophy, style

-- Chronologies: historical and of Seneca's extant works

-- Selected bibliography

-- Latin text with same-page notes of 40 Senecan letters

-- Vocabulary

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
Seneca's Life and Work	xi
Seneca's Philosophy	xv
Seneca's Style	xix
Historical Chronology	xxv
Chronology of Seneca's Extant Works	xxvii
Selected Bibliography in English	xxix
Note to Readers	xxxi
TEXT: SELECTED EPISTLES	1	(172)
Epistle One: The Value of Time	2	(2)
Epistle Two: He is Nowhere Who Is Everywhere	4	(2)
Epistle Three: On Friendship	6	(2)
Epistle Five: The Golden Mean	8	(4)
Epistle Six: The Joy of Sharing One's Possessions with One's Friends	12	(2)
Epistle Seven: Avoid the Crowd	14	(6)
Epistle Eleven: Wisdom Unable to Suppress Natural Emotions	20	(4)
Epistle Twelve: The Advantages of Old Age	24	(4)
Epistle Fifteen: Against Strenuous Physical Exercise	28	(4)
Epistle Sixteen: Philosophy: Life's Guide	32	(4)
Epistle Eighteen: On Practicing Poverty	36	(6)
Epistle Twenty-one: A Lasting Monument	42	(4)
Epistle Twenty-three: True Joy Is a Stern Matter	46	(4)
Epistle Twenty-seven: Virtue Alone Gives Everlasting Joy	50	(4)
Epistle Twenty-eight: Travel Cannot Cure the Soul's Maladies	54	(4)
Epistle Thirty-four: The Teacher's Joy at His Pupil's Success	58	(2)
Epistle Thirty-seven: Soldiering toward the Good Life	60	(2)
Epistle Thirty-eight: The Intimacy and Value of Conversation	62	(2)
Epistle Forty-one: God within You	64	(4)
Epistle Forty-two: The Rarity of the Vir Bonus	68	(4)
Epistle Forty-three: No Escape from One's Own Conscience	72	(2)
Epistle Forty-four: Philosophy Never Looks to Pedigrees	74	(2)
Epistle Forty-seven: Not Slaves, but Fellow Slaves	76	(8)
Epistle Fifty: Becoming Better Daily	84	(4)
Epistle Fifty-one: Baiae and Vice	88	(4)
Epistle Fifty-two: Man Needs a Moral Guide	92	(6)
Epistle Fifty-three: Tossed upon Land and Sea	98	(4)
Epistle Fifty-four: On Sickness and Death	102	(2)
Epistle Fifty-six: The Philosopher in the Bathhouse	104	(6)
Epistle Sixty: Man's Supplication for Affliction	110	(2)
Epistle Sixty-one: Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last	112	(2)
Epistle Sixty-two: Scorn Riches: Seize the Wealth of the Ages	114	(2)
Epistle Sixty-three: The Moderation of Grief	116	(6)
Epistle Seventy-two: The Priority of Philosophy	122	(4)
Epistle Eighty: Virtue Is within the Reach of Those Who Wish It	126	(4)
Epistle Eighty-four: On Integrating Knowledge	130	(6)
Epistle Ninety: Wisdom, Skill, and the Golden Age	136	(20)
Epistle Ninety-six: On Paying the Manly Tribute to Life	156	(2)
Epistle One Hundred Twelve: The Intransigence of Vice	158	(2)
Epistle One Hundred Fourteen: Style is the Man	160	(13)
Vocabulary	173