{"product_id":"moral-essays-volume-iii-by-seneca-9780674993433","title":"Moral Essays, Volume III","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) around 4 BCE, hailed from a prominent and wealthy family. He spent his ailing childhood and youth in Rome, under the care of an aunt. Throughout his life, he became renowned in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. Despite experiencing disgrace during Claudius' reign, he later became a tutor and subsequently, in 54 CE, an advising minister to Nero, although he did not prevent some of Nero's worst misdeeds. In 65 CE, implicated (perhaps innocently) in a conspiracy, he was ordered to take his own life. Despite his wealth, he preached indifference to riches; while avoiding pain and death, he professed scorn of both, reflecting other contrasts between his practice and principles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeneca's philosophical or moral essays—ten traditionally called Dialogues—encompass topics such as providence, steadfastness, the happy life, anger, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of life, gift-giving, and forgiveness, along with treatises on natural phenomena. Additionally, 124 of his epistles survive; written in a relaxed style, these letters explore moral and ethical questions, often relating to his personal experiences. Among his works is the skit on the official deification of Claudius, \u003ci\u003eApocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e (in Loeb number 15), as well as nine rhetorical tragedies based on ancient Greek themes. However, many epistles and all his speeches have been lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis moral essays are compiled in Volumes I–III of the Loeb Classical Library's ten-volume edition of \u003ci\u003eSeneca\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147502137580,"sku":"9780674993433","price":94.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674993433-moral-essays-volume-iii.jpg?v=1786449691","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/moral-essays-volume-iii-by-seneca-9780674993433","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}