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  1. Download PDF Letters from a Stoic A Penguin Classics Hardcover unlimited copy the link in the description or download button in the last page

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  3. Description : A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics with covers designed by Coralie BickfordSmithWorldchanging ideas meet eyecatching design the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie BickfordSmith s distinctive awardwinning covers Whether on a wellcurated shelf or in your back pocket these timeless works of philosophical political and psychological thought are absolute musthaves for book collectors as well as design enthusiastsA philosophy that saw selfpossession as the key to an existence lived quotin accordance with naturequot 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 Romes 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 Senecas major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mindRobin Campbells distinguished translation captures Senecas humour and concise memorable aphorisms and his introductiondiscusses the tensions between Senecas philosophy and his turbulent career as adviser to the tyrannical emperor NeroFor more than sixtyfive years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the

  4. Englishspeaking world With more than titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as uptodatetranslations by awardwinning translators

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