Letters from a Stoic
Rs. 1,590.00
Seneca
- What is the importance of friendship?
- How do we deal with challenges in life?
- And how do we look death in the eye and be not afraid?
Letters from a Stoic is a compilation of carefully chosen letters that Seneca penned to Lucilius, letters which are personal essays that answer the questions stated above and many, many more. Translated from Latin into English by Richard M. Gummere, these are letters on a wide variety of topics, such as on having quiet conversations, on suicide, on the dynamic of a master-slave relationship, on grief, on god, and even on welcoming death. So, here is a book to give you a peek into a rich and complicated mind, a book that holds letters both beautiful and pensive, written by one of the greatest philosophers ever.
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About the author
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC – AD 65), also known as Seneca the Younger, was a Hispano-Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist. Fabulous wealth, literary fame, exile, an amazing come back to the height of political power and a tragic ending the life of Seneca is one of the great untold stories of Ancient Rome.
Book Specifications
Title: Letters from a Stoic
Author: Seneca
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Weight: 197g
Published Year: 2022
Publisher: Fingerprint Publishing
ISBN: 9789354405662
Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.5 x 1.6 cm
Print size: Please feel free to drop us a message.
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