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How Stoical Was Seneca?
The contradictions in Seneca’s career troubled many ancient observers, just as they have troubled many later ones. Part of this is the question of how to reconcile Seneca’s intimate involvement in the brutal power politics of the Roman court with the high-minded philosophical ethics he professed.
Publisher: The New York Review of Books
Author: Mary Beard
The contradictions in Seneca’s career troubled many ancient observers, just as they have troubled many later ones. Part of this is the question of how to reconcile Seneca’s intimate involvement in the brutal power politics of the Roman court with the high-minded philosophical ethics he professed.