Moral Essays (Seneca)(Pevná vazba)

Moral Essays (Seneca)(Pevná vazba)

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

Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Selected from the Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic are a set of 'essays in disguise' from one of the most insightful philosophers of the Silver Age of Roman literature. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Robin Campbell.A

Seneca: Selected Letters (Seneca)(Paperback)

Seneca's letters to his friend Lucilius are powerful moral essays that also yield illuminating insight into Seneca's personal life and the truly turbulent times in which he lived. One of the great Stoic philosophers, Seneca here guides Lucilius' struggle to achieve wisdom and serenity, uninfluenced

Essays (Davis Lydia)(Pevná vazba)

Tragedies (Seneca)(Pevná vazba)

Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists

Tragedies (Seneca)(Pevná vazba)

Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists

Moral Passion and Christian Ethics (Gill Robin)(Pevná vazba)

Letters on Ethics - To Lucilius (Seneca Lucius Annaeus)(Paperback / softback)

The Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) recorded his moral philosophy and reflections on life as a highly original kind of correspondence. Letters on Ethics includes vivid descriptions of town and country life in Nero's Italy, discussions of poetry and oratory, and philosophical

Essays and Dialogues (Scala Bartolomeo)(Pevná vazba)

Natural Questions (Seneca)(Pevná vazba)

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

Anger, Mercy, Revenge (Seneca Lucius Annaeus)(Pevná vazba)

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE-65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser 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

Dreamers (Morales Yuyi)(Pevná vazba)

Caldecott Honor artist and five-time Pura Belpr Award winner Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative power of hope . . . and reading. In 1994, Yuyi Morales left her home in Xalapa, Mexico and came to the US with her infant son. She left

The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 (Kushner Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics (Rae Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Outlining the distinctive elements of Christian ethics, Moral Choices is the standard text for college ethics courses.Moral questions are at the core of life's most vital issues. But today, we see a breaking down of humanity's ability to distinguish between right and wrong. After describing a

How to Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life (Seneca)(Pevná vazba)

Timeless wisdom on death and dying from the celebrated Stoic philosopher Seneca 'It takes an entire lifetime to learn how to die,' wrote the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (c. 4 BC-65 AD). He counseled readers to 'study death always,' and took his own advice, returning to the subject again and

Daemon Voices - Essays on Storytelling (Pullman Philip)(Pevná vazba)

A masterful collection of essays on storytelling by Philip Pullman, one of our greatest

Simonides Lyricus - Essays on the 'other' classical choral lyric poet(Pevná vazba)

Wiltshire Childhood - Essays from a Wiltshire Country Childhood (Upton Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Visualizing Nature: Essays on Truth, Spririt, and Philosophy (Kestenbaum Stuart)(Pevná vazba)

Visualizing Nature brings together contemporary visionaries to share deeply personal essays on nature, ecology, sustainability, climate change, philosophy, and more. Compiled by editor and poet Stuart Kestenbaum, the contributors represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, each honoring

Letters of Intent - Selected Essays (Ozick Cynthia (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A selection of essays by the acclaimed and beloved writer Cynthia Ozick, collected by David

Giving a Damn - Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays that use John Haugeland's work on intentionality, embodiment, objectivity, and caring to explore contemporary issues in philosophy of mind.In his work, the philosopher John Haugeland (1945-2010) proposed a radical expansion of philosophy's conceptual toolkit, calling for a

Essays on Civil War, Inequality and Underdevelopment (Murshed Syed Mansoob)(Pevná vazba)

These essays are a significant contribution to understanding the failure of sustainable economic development and the armed conflict that it spawns in developing

Nature and Other Essays (Emerson Ralph Waldo)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including 'Nature,' 'Self-Reliance,' 'Love,' and 'Art.' Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay 'Nature' declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for

Plague, Fall, Exile And The Kingdom And Selected Essays (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)