Letters from a Stoic

Author: Seneca
Edition: New Ed
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B002RI99KK

Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium (Classics)

A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. Get Letters from a Stoic literature books for free.
These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC- AD 65) that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Rome's transition to Christianity, for it upholds upright ethical ideals and extols virtuous living, as well as expressing disgust for the harsh treatment of slaves and the inhumane slaughters witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully Check Letters from a Stoic our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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