Hardship and Happiness
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About This Book
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCEâ65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in eight accessible volumes. Edited by Elizabeth Asmis, Shadi Bartsch, and Martha C. Nussbaum, this engaging collection helps restore Senecaâwhose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emersonâto his rightful place among the classical writers most widely studied in the humanities. Hardship and Happiness collects a range of essays intended to instruct, from consolationsâworks that offer comfort to someone who has suffered a personal lossâto pieces on how to achieve happiness or tranquility in the face of a difficult world. Expertly translated, the essays will be read and used by undergraduate philosophy students and experienced scholars alike.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Series Page
- Contents
- Seneca and His World
- Note on Essays and Their Sequence
- Consolation to Marcia
- Consolation to Helvia
- Consolation to Polybius
- On the Shortness of Life
- On the Constancy of the Wise Person
- On Tranquility of Mind
- On Leisure
- On the Happy Life
- On Providence
- Index