Letters from a Stoic.
Subtitle: Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
By: [by] Seneca; selected and translated [from the Latin], with an introduction, by Robin Campbell.
Contributors: Campbell, Robin, tr.
Series: The Penguin classics L210
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Epistulae morales ad Lucilium.
Description: The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (C.4 B.C.- A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were in conflict with his Stoic beliefs. Nevertheless he was the outstanding figure of his age. The Stoic philosophy which Seneca professed in his writings, later supported by Marcus Aurelius, provided Rome with a passable bridge to Christianity. Seneca's major contribution to Stoicism was to spiritualize and humanize a system which could appear cold and unrealistic.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 241.