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Understanding Classics Série de Livres électroniques

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  • Seneca

    par Christopher Star ...
    Collections series Understanding Classics
    After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor, and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

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  • Dialogues and Essays

    par Seneca, Tobias Reinhardt ...
    Traduit par John Davie ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    'No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.' In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. Tutor to the young emperor Nero, Seneca wrote exercises in practical philosophy that draw upon contemporary Roman life and illuminate the intellectual concerns of the day. They also have much to say ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Portable Enlightenment Reader

    par Various ...
    Collections series Portable Library
    The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Natural History Of Religion (Mobi Classics)

    par David Hume ...
    Four Dissertations is a collection of four essays by the Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume, first published in 1757. The four essays are:The Natural History of Religion Of the Passions Of Tragedy Of the Standard of Taste Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ... En savoir plus

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  • Dialogues and Letters

    par Seneca ...
    A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and influential masters of Latin prose. This selection explores his thoughts on philosophy and the trials of life. In the Consolation to Helvia he strives to offer solace to his mother, following his exile in AD 41, while On the Shortness of Life and On Tranquillity of Mind are lucid ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • THE POLITICS OF OBEDIENCE.

    The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude

    par Étienne de la Boétie ...
    Étienne de la Boétie (1530-1563) wrote the following essay on the ultimate source and nature of political power in the early 1550s, while still a law student at the University of Orleans. In it he considers the origins of dictatorship and the means by which people can prevent political enslavement and liberate themselves. The Discourse deserves a prominent place in the literature of political ... En savoir plus

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    par Boethius, Peter Walsh ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This work dominated ... En savoir plus

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  • New Science

    par Giambattista Vico ...
    Traduit par David Marsh ...
    Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonishingly perceptive and ambitious attempt to decipher the history, mythology and laws of the ancient world. Discarding the Renaissance notion of the classical as an idealised model for the modern, it argues that the key to true understanding of the past lies in accepting that the customs and emotional ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    The Two Discourses and the Social Contract

    par Jean-Jacques Rousseau ...
    This "fresh new rendition of Rousseau's major political writings is a boon for scholars and students alike"—with a critical introduction by the translator (Richard Boyd, Georgetown University).Individualist and communitarian. Anarchist and totalitarian. Progressive and reactionary. Since the eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau has been called all of these things. Few philosophers have been ... En savoir plus

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  • Seneca: Moral and Political Essays

    par Seneca, John M. Cooper ...
    Collections series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
    This volume offers clear and forceful contemporary translations of the most important of Seneca's 'Moral Essays': On Anger, On Mercy, On the Private Life and the first four books of On Favours. They give an attractive, full picture of the social and moral outlook of an ancient Stoic thinker intimately involved in the governance of the Roman empire in the mid first century of the Christian era. A ... En savoir plus

    $44.99 CAD

  • Hardship & Happiness

    par Lucius Annaeus Seneca ...
    Traduit par Elaine Fantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, Gareth D. Williams ...
    Collections series The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
    Essays from the Stoic philosopher instructing how to find happiness in a world full of adversity.Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and advisor to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works in ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Classical Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    par William Allan ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    From popular histories through to reworkings of classical subject matter by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists, the classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fascinate readers and audiences in a huge variety of media. In this Very Short Introduction, William Allan explores what the 'classics' are and why they continue to shape our Western concepts of literature. ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD