Seneca, X: Natural Questions, Books 4-7 (Loeb Classical Library)
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BCE, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. After some disgrace during Claudius' reign he became tutor and then, in 54 CE, 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.
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 1 July 1989
ISBN-10 : 0674995031 | ISBN-13: 9780674995031
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Release date: 1 July 1989
ISBN-10 : 0674995031 | ISBN-13: 9780674995031