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Epistulae Morales Selectae by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65)Author: LibriVox
Seneca is an important repository of Stoic doctrine. His reputation, based on the ancient testimony, has remained ambiguous down to the present day: he was a Stoic hero who attempted to advise Nero, he was a dissolute hypocrite, he was a Christian saint. That said, his letters provided a format for philosophical discourse that long remained valid for Western Europe. His musings always sprang from concrete situations: the games in the Coliseum, the noise from a public bath below his apartment. Montaigne admired the style of his Latin, which he called "nerveux": taut and full of energy. (Summary by Malone) Language: lat Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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01 - Epistulae 1, 2, 6, 7
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Wednesday, 31 December, 1969
