Items related to Letters from a Stoic (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)

Letters from a Stoic (A Penguin Classics Hardcover) - Hardcover

 
9780141395852: Letters from a Stoic (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith’s distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts.

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. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca 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 slaughter witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind. Robin Campbell's distinguished translation captures Seneca's humour and concise, memorable aphorisms and his introduction discusses the tensions between Seneca's philosophy and his turbulent career as adviser to the tyrannical emperor Nero.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born at Cordoba in Spain around 4 BCE. He rose to prominence in Rome, pursuing a career in the courts and political life, for which he had been trained, while also acquiring celebrity as an author of tragedies and essays. Falling foul of successive emperors (Caligula in 39 CE and Claudius in 41 CE), he spent eight years in exile, allegedly for an affair with Caligula’s sister. Recalled in 49 CE, he was made praetor and was appointed tutor to the boy who was to become, in 54 CE, the emperor Nero. On Nero’s succession, Seneca acted for some eight years as an unofficial chief minister. The early part of this reign was remembered as a period of sound government, for which the main credit seems due to Seneca. His control over Nero declined as enemies turned the emperor against him with representations that his popularity made him a danger, or with accusations of immorality or excessive wealth. Retiring from public life he devoted his last three years to philosophy and writing, particularly the Letters to Lucilius. In 65 CE following the discovery of a plot against the emperor, in which he was thought to be implicated, he and many others were compelled by Nero to commit suicide. His fame as an essayist and dramatist lasted until two or three centuries ago, when he passed into literary oblivion, from which the twentieth century has seen a considerable and immensely valuable recovery.

Robin Campbell is a well-known translator.
Language Notes:
Text: English, Latin (translation)

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780140442106: Letters from a Stoic (Penguin Classics)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780140442106
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1969
Softcover

  • 9780008425050: Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classics)

    Willia..., 2021
    Softcover

  • 9781539377047: Letters from a Stoic

    Create..., 2016
    Softcover

  • 9780008425043: Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classics)

    Willia..., 2021
    Softcover

  • 9781772269901: Letters from a Stoic (100 Copy Collector's Edition)

    Royal ..., 2020
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Seller Image

Seneca; Campbell, Robin (TRN)
Published by Penguin Classics (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
GreatBookPrices
(Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 21566240-n

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.41
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Seneca
Published by Penguin Classics (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 10
Seller:
booksXpress
(Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 9780141395852

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 17.06
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca
Published by Penguin Classics (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Lakeside Books
(Benton Harbor, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-S-9780141395852

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 13.12
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca; Bickford-Smith, Coralie [Illustrator]; Campbell, Robin [Translator]; Campbell, Robin [Introduction];
Published by Penguin Classics (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Ergodebooks
(Houston, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Seller Inventory # DADAX0141395850

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 17.93
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca Robin Campbell
Published by Penguin Books (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 4
Seller:
Books Puddle
(New York, NY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). pp. 256. Seller Inventory # 26105041509

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.13
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Seneca
Published by Penguin Books 4/28/2015 (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 5
Seller:
BargainBookStores
(Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Letters from a Stoic 0.7. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780141395852

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 18.13
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca
Published by Penguin Random House (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
INDOO
(Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0141395850

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 14.43
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca
Published by Penguin Books Ltd (2014)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 15
Seller:
PBShop.store US
(Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.)

Book Description HRD. Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # DB-9780141395852

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.21
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca Campbell Robin
Published by Penguin Books (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: 4
Print on Demand
Seller:
Majestic Books
(Hounslow, United Kingdom)

Book Description Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Print on Demand pp. 256. Seller Inventory # 104165818

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 12.05
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 8.20
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Seneca
Published by Penguin Classics (2015)
ISBN 10: 0141395850 ISBN 13: 9780141395852
New Hardcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Bickford-Smith, Coralie (illustrator). Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0141395850

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 20.68
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book