Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

基本信息

Edited by:Robin Campbell

Format:Paperback / softback 256 pages

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:Penguin Classics

ISBN:9780140442106

Published:30 Apr 1969

Weight:192g

Dimensions:130 x 197 x 15 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“是哲学有责任保护我们……没有它，没有人能过着无忧无虑的生活。”

在他动荡的一生中，塞内加是罗马帝国的指导者。他充满灵感的推理主要来源于斯多葛学派的原理，而斯多葛学派的原理早在几个世纪前的雅典就已经发展起来了。塞内加选择的这些信件表明，他坚持禁欲主义的伦理理想——沉着冷静的人不受感情和生活挫折的影响的智慧——同时重视友谊和普通人的勇气，并批评对奴隶的残酷对待和角斗场上的残酷行为。塞内加对斯多葛学派的阐释所揭示的人性和智慧是对个人心灵尊严的感人而鼓舞人心的宣言。

"It is philosophy that has the duty of protecting us...without it no one can lead a life free of fear or worry."

For several years of his turbulent life, Seneca was the guiding hand of the Roman Empire. His inspired reasoning derived mainly from the Stoic principles, which had originally been developed some centuries earlier in Athens. This selection of Seneca's letters shows him upholding the austere ethical ideals of Stoicism—the wisdom of the self-possessed person immune to overmastering emotions and life’s setbacks—while valuing friendship and the courage of ordinary men, and criticizing the harsh treatment of slaves and the cruelties in the gladiatorial arena. The humanity and wit revealed in Seneca’s interpretation of Stoicism is a moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

作者简介

鲁齐乌斯·安奈乌斯·塞内加（Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 约公元前4——公元65年）是一名罗马时期的悲剧作家

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c.4BC-AD65) was born in Cordoba, Spain, where he was brought up studying the traditional virtues of republican Roman life. He became a teacher of rhetoric but attracted attention for his incisive style of writing. Closely linked to Nero, his death was ordered by the emperor in AD65. Seneca committed suicide. 

Robin Campbell is a well-known translator.