Reading Seneca Stoic Philosophy at Rome [Hardcover]

Brad Inwood presents a selection of his most celebrated essays on the philosophy of Seneca, the Roman Stoic thinker, statesman, and tragedian of the first century AD. Including two brand-new pieces, and a helpful introduction to orient the reader, this volume will be an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand Seneca's important and wide-ranging thought.

Introduction
1. Seneca in his Philosophical Milieu
2. Seneca and Psychological Dualism
3. Politics and Paradox in Seneca'sDe Benefeciis
4. Rules and Reasoning in Stoic Ethics
5. The Will in Seneca
6. God and Human Knowledge in Seneca'sNatural Questions
7. Moral Judgement in Seneca
8. Natural Law in Seneca
9. Reason, Rationlization, and Happiness in Seneca
10. Getting to Goodness
11. Seneca on Freedom and Autonomy
12. Seneca on Self Assertion

For classical scholars who wish to take an integrative approach to him,Reading Senecaprovides invaluable guidance to an essential part of the whiole. For those who remain skeptical of Seneca's worth as a philosopher, Inwood's sober assessments of Seneca's achivements, his shortcomings and the inspiration they have provided to later thinkers should provide powerful inducement to take seriously as a philosopher this 'literary genius--or a man who thought himself one. --Amanda Wilcox,Reviews in Metaphysics