The relationship between Seneca's prose works and his career as a first-century Roman statesman is problematic, for while he writes in the first person, he tells little of his external life or of the people and events that formed its setting. In this book, Miriam Griffin addresses the problem by first reconstructing Seneca's career using only outside sources and his de Clementia and Apocolocyntosis . In the second part of the book she studies Seneca's treatment of subjects of political significance, including his views ...
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The relationship between Seneca's prose works and his career as a first-century Roman statesman is problematic, for while he writes in the first person, he tells little of his external life or of the people and events that formed its setting. In this book, Miriam Griffin addresses the problem by first reconstructing Seneca's career using only outside sources and his de Clementia and Apocolocyntosis . In the second part of the book she studies Seneca's treatment of subjects of political significance, including his views on slavery, provincial policy, wealth, and suicide. Finding that on the whole, the word of the philosopher illuminates the work of the statesman, this book provides an important objective reconstruction of Seneca's political career.
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Reader copy. An Ex-Library Hardback with dust jacket, officially withdrawn, usual library stamps and markings. Some light fading to spine & page edges little grubby otherwise a good, clean copy. Weighing 1kg will ship overseas for extra postage. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 28B*
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Poor. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 516 p. No dustjacket. Dusty marks/scuffs to cover. Tanning/foxing to textblock edges & black marker on outer edge. Front endpaper & both paste-downs have been torn out. Previous owner signatures/markings at front/back & title page. Clipping from dustjacket taped in at front. Large section cut from title page. Staining to several pages. Corners cut from several page corners, impacts parts of text but remains legible.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0198143656. Light shelfwear to book. Light foxing to top of textblock. Minor spotting to rear board. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ is price-clipped. DJ spine a bit sunned.; The relationship between Seneca's prose works and his career as a first-century Roman statesman is problematic, for while he writes in the first person, he tells little of his external life or of the people and events that formed its setting. In this book, Miriam Griffin addresses the problem by first reconstructing Seneca's career using only outside sources and his de Clementia and Apocolocyntosis. In the second part of the book she studies Seneca's treatment of subjects of political significance, including his views on slavery, provincial policy, wealth, and suicide. Finding that on the whole, the word of the philosopher illuminates the work of the statesman, this book provides an important objective reconstruction of Seneca's political career.; 504 pages.