《Epistles, Volume III》是1925年1月1日Loeb Classical Library出版的圖書，作者是Seneca。
基本介紹
- 中文名：Epistles, Volume III
- 作者：Seneca
- 出版社：Loeb Classical Library
- ISBN：9780674990869
內容簡介,圖書目錄,
內容簡介
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt’s care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius’ reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, advising minister to Nero, some of whose worst misdeeds he did not prevent. Involved (innocently?) in a conspiracy, he killed himself by order in 65. Wealthy, he preached indifference to wealth; evader of pain and death, he preached scorn of both; and there were other contrasts between practice and principle.
We have Seneca’s philosophical or moral essays (ten of them traditionally called Dialogues)—on providence, steadfastness, the happy life, anger, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of life, gift-giving, forgiveness—and treatises on natural phenomena. Also extant are 124 epistles, in which he writes in a relaxed style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences; a skit on the official deification of Claudius, Apocolocyntosis (in Loeb number 15); and nine rhetorical tragedies on ancient Greek themes. Many epistles and all his speeches are lost.
圖書目錄
Letters--
XCIII. On the Quality, as Contrasted with the Length, of Life
XCIV. On the Value of Advice
XCV. On the Usefulness of Basic Principles
XCVI. On Facing Hardships
XCVII. On the Degeneracy of the Age
XCVIII. On the Fickleness of Fortune
XCIV. On Consolation to the Bereaved
C. On the Writings of Fabianus
CI. On the Futility of Planning Ahead
CII. On the Intimations of Our Immortality
CIII. On the Dangers of Association with Our Fellow Men
CIV. On Care of Health and Peace of Mind
CV. On Facing the World with Confidence
CVI. On the Corporeality of Virtue
CVII. On the Obedience to the Universal Will
CVIII. On the Approaches to Philosophy
CIX. On the Fellowship of Wise Men
CX. On True and False Riches
CXI. On the Vanity of Mental Gymnastics
CXII. On Reforming Hardened Sinners
CXIII. On the Vitality of the Soul and Its Attributes
CXIV. On Style as a Mirror Of Character
CXV. On the Superficial Blessings
CXVI. On Self-Control
CXVII. On Real Ethics as Superior to Syllogistic Subtleties
CXVIII. On the Vanity of Place-Seeking
CXIX. On Nature as Our Best Provider
CXX. More about Virtue
CXXI. On Instinct in Animals
CXXII. On Darkness as a Veil for Wickedness
CXXIII. On the Conflict Between Pleasure and Virtue
CXXIV. On the True Good as Attained by Reason
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index of Proper Names
Subject Index
