Les Oeuvres De L. Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Matthieu de Chaluet [Translator]

Published by Rouen: (widow of Nicolas Courant for) Robert Valentin, 1634

About this Item

2 parts in one volume. 4to, 24 cm x 17 cm. Contemporary vellum binding. Some soiling to boards. [12], 554, [15] leaves + 326 pages. Minor, marginal foxing and toning. All edges red. Printers devices. The works of Seneca in French. Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist. Seneca was popular as an early humanist figure. As the Ency. Brit. 11th ed. states, "The school [stoicism] is remarkable for its anticipation of modern ethical conceptions, for the lofty morality of its exhortations to forgive injuries and overcome evil with good; the obligation to universal benevolence had been deduced from the cosmopolitan principle that all men are brethren. In Seneca, in addition to all this, there is a distinctively religious temperament, which finds expression in phrases curiously suggestive of the spiritual doctrines of Christianity." (p. 638) As a result, Seneca's writings found traction with both early Christian writers and later humanists.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les Oeuvres De L. Annaeus Seneca
• Publisher: Rouen: (widow of Nicolas Courant for) Robert Valentin
• Publication Date: 1634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy