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By Christopher Star

After centuries of forget there's renewed curiosity within the lifestyles and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the more youthful, c four BCE-65 CE). At one time an consultant at courtroom to Nero, Seneca and his political occupation got here to damage whilst he was once implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor, and forced to dedicate suicide. Discredited via collusion, or at the very least organization, with a infamous and tyrannical regime, Seneca’s principles have been for a time additionally thought of by-product of Greek stoicism and therefore not so good as the genuine factor. during this first in-depth advent to be released for a few years, Christopher megastar exhibits what a impressive statesman, dramatist and thinker his topic truly used to be. Seneca’s unique contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the feelings have been enormous. He was once a favorite authority of Tertullian, who observed Seneca as proto-believer and early humanist. And he's a key determine within the historical past of rules and the Renaissance, in addition to in literature and drama. This new survey does complete justice to his significance.

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