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Hardship and Happiness
This volume collects all the remaining essays by Seneca not already published in the series [Consolato ad Marciam (Hine), Consolato ad Polybium (Hine), Consolato ad Helviam (Williams), De otio (Williams), Brevitate (Williams), De tranquillitate animi (Fantham), De constantia (Ker), De providentia (Ker), De vita beata (Ker)]. In general, these pieces are intended to edify. They range from consolations to essays on how to achieve happiness or tranquility in the face of a difficult world. Many are quite popular in undergraduate philosophy courses. Fantham's translation is the jewel in the crown."
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 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 Seneca—whose works have been highly praised by modern authors from Desiderius Erasmus to Ralph Waldo Emerson—to 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 consolations—works that offer comfort to someone who has suffered a personal loss—to 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.
Series: The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Hardship and Happiness is praised for significantly enhancing available English translations, remaining true to the original Latin while being readable in English. The book is noted for its impressive presentation and execution.
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ISBN: 9780226748337
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 March 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Elaine Fantham
- Translated by Harry M. Hine
- Translated by James Ker
- Translated by Gareth D. Williams
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 2.0mm
Width: 14.0mm
Height: 22.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 348
About the Author
Elaine Fanthamwas the Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University from 1986 to 1999. She has written many books and commentaries on Latin literature, including Seneca s"Troades."Harry M. Hineis professor emeritus in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the translator of Seneca s"Natural Questions," also in the series.James Keris associate professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor of"A Seneca Reader: Selections from Prose and Tragedy."Gareth D. Williamsis the Violin Family Professor of Classics at Columbia University and the author of many books, including"The Cosmic Viewpoint: A Study of Seneca s Natural Questions."
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