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Meditative missives.Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunts care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, moneymaking, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius reign he became tutor and then, in AD 54, 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 Senecas philosophical or moral essays (ten of them traditionally called Dialogues)on providence, steadfastness, the happy life, anger, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of life, giftgiving, forgivenessand 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 LCL 15); and nine rhetorical tragedies on ancient Greek themes. Many epistles and all his speeches are lost.The 124 epistles are collected in Volumes IVVI of the Loeb Classical Librarys tenvolume edition of Seneca.
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- Q: What is the page count of 'Epistles, Volume II: Epistles 66–92'? A: This book has four hundred ninety-six pages. It contains a collection of philosophical letters by Seneca the Younger.
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- Q: How do I read the epistles in this book? A: You can read them in any order, as each letter discusses different philosophical themes. They are written in a relaxed, accessible style.
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- Q: Are there similar books to 'Epistles, Volume II'? A: Yes, other works by Seneca or books in the Loeb Classical Library offer similar philosophical insights. They also explore moral issues.