Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose

The Roman philosopher Seneca addressed himself to the question of how we ought to live in letters...
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Author: Carey Seal
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Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose by Seal, Carey

Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose

¥26,554

Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose

¥26,554
Author: Carey Seal
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The Roman philosopher Seneca addressed himself to the question of how we ought to live in letters and treatises that have engaged the attention of readers from his own day to the present. A committed, if critical and eccentric, adherent of Stoicism, he gives us a set of reflections on the good life that are rich both in philosophical subtlety and in vivid engagement with day-to-day life in ancient Rome. Philosophy and Community in Seneca's Prose proposes a new understanding of the relationship between these two facets of Seneca's achievement, examining how he balances the Socratic imperative to subject one's life to rational scrutiny, on the one hand, with the claims of Roman moral tradition on the other.

Carey Seal argues that we should think of Seneca neither as a spokesman for Stoicism who seizes opportunistically upon the data of Roman social life to make his case, nor as an expositor of the inherited values of the Roman elite in the language of Stoic philosophy. Rather, Seneca should be understood as someone intensely interested in the question of philosophy's social entanglements and presuppositions. Seneca's use of Roman politics and of the institution of slavery in elaborating his ideal of a life guided by reason is carefully examined in the book.


Author: Carey Seal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/23/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780190493219


Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2022

About the Author

Carey Seal is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Davis.

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