Seneca
Subtitle: De otio; De brevitate vitae (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Contributors: G. D. Williams (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521582230
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Hellenic languages; Literary Criticism; General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Ancient and Classical
First sentence: Withdrawal into self-sufficiency (1.1 singuli) under philosophical role-models (1.1 optimos uiros) forces 'a radical rupture with regard to the state of unconsciousness in which man normally lives' in collective association (Hadot (1995) 254) and opens the way to 'impartiality, objectivity, and critical judgment' (247; 1.1 tunc potest...detorqueat etc.).