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This volume collects all the remaining essays by Seneca not already published in the series [Consolato ad Marciam (Hine), Consolato ad Polybium (Hine), Consolato ad Helviam (Williams), De otio (Williams), Brevitate (Williams), De tranquillitate animi (Fantham), De constantia (Ker), De providentia (Ker), De vita beata (Ker)]. In general, these pieces are intended to edify. They range from consolations to essays on how to achieve happiness or tranquility in the face of a difficult world. Many are quite popular in undergraduate philosophy courses. Fantham's translation is the jewel in the crown."

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Hardship and Happiness
• Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348
• EAN: 9780226748337
• ISBN: 9780226748337
• ID: 01005122
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 454 g
• Dimensions: 142 × 215 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. March 2016

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