Research Catalog

Title

Dialogues and letters / Seneca ; edited and translated by C.D.N. Costa.

Author

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Publication

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Costa, C. D. N. (Charles Desmond Nuttall), 1932-2007.

Description

xxv, 132 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

Included in this volume are the dialogues On the Shortness of Life and On Tranquility of Mind, which are eloquent classic statements of Stoic ideals of fortitude and self-reliance. This selection also features extracts from Natural Questions, Seneca's exploration of such phenomena as the cataracts of the Nile and earthquakes, and the Consolation of Helvia, in which he tenderly tries to soothe his mother's pain at their separation.

Series Statement

Penguin classics

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English. 1997
• Penguin classics.

Alternative Title

Works. 1997

Subject

• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Translations into English
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Dialogues, Latin > Translations into English
• Latin letters > Translations into English
• Authors, Latin > Correspondence
• Philosophy > Early works to 1800
• Ethics > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Early works
• Translations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Dialogues. Consolation to Helvia ; On tranquillity of mind ; On the shortness of life -- Letters. Letter 24 ; Letter 57 ; Letter 79 ; Letter 110 -- From Natural questions. I Praef. 1-10 (Seneca urges Lucilius to enjoy the inspiration and benefits of philosophical study) ; 4A.2.4-6 (The cataracts of the Nile) ; 6.1.4-7 (The terrors of earthquakes).

ISBN

0140446796

LCCN

^^^97223094^

OCLC

• 37428436
• SCSB-11322170

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library