Stoic philosopher and tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote moral essays - exercises in practical philosophy - on how to live in a troubled world. Strikingly applicable today, his thoughts on happiness and other subjects are here combined in a clear, modern translation with an introduction on Seneca's life and philosophy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- On Providence
- On Anger, Book 3
- Consolation to Marcia
- On the Happy Life
- On the Tranquillity of the Mind
- On the Shortness of Life
- Consolation to Helvia
- On Mercy
- Natural Questions, Book 6: On Earthquakes