After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor, and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca's original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority of Tertullian, who saw Seneca as proto-believer and early humanist. And he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance.
| ISBN: | 9781848858893 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2016 |
| Author: | Christopher Star |
| Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Understanding Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Christianity History of religion Literary studies: general Ancient history History of ideas Political science and theory |
After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor, and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca's original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority of Tertullian, who saw Seneca as proto-believer and early humanist. And he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance.
Seneca features in the following genres: Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Christianity, History of religion, Literary studies: general, Ancient history, History of ideas, Political science and theory
Seneca is available in Paperback, Hardback
Seneca was written by Christopher Star and published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Seneca has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Understanding Classics series