On the Shortness of Life

图书标准信息

• 作者 Seneca 著；C. D. N. Costa 译
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2005-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780143036326
• 定价 97.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 105页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Throughouthistory,somebookshavechangedtheworld.Theyhavetransformedthewayweseeourselves-andeachother.Theyhaveinspireddebate,dissent,warandrevolution.Theyhaveenlightened,outraged,provokedandcomforted.Theyhaveenrichedlives-anddestroyedthem.Now,Penguinbringsyoutheworksofthegreatthinkers,pioneers,radicalsandvisionarieswhoseideasshookcivilization,andhelpedmakeuswhoweare.Penguin'sGreatIdeasseriesfeaturestwelvegroundbreakingworksbysomeofhistory'smostprodigiousthinkers,?and?eachvolumeisbeautifullypackagedwithauniquetype-drivedesignthathighlightsthebookmaker'sart.Offeringgreatliteratureingreatpackagesatgreatprices,thisseriesisidealforthosereaderswhowanttoexploreandsavortheGreatIdeasthathaveshapedtheworld.TheStoicwritingsofthephilosopherSenecaofferpowerfulinsightsintotheartofliving,theimportanceofreasonandmorality,andcontinuetoprovideprofoundguidancetomanythroughtheireloquence,lucidityandtimelesswisdom.

【作者简介】

LuciusAnnaeusSeneca,statesman,philosopher,advocateandmanofletters,wasbornatCordobainSpainaround4BC.HerosetoprominenceinRome,pursuingacareerinthecourtsandpoliticallife,forwhichhehadbeentrained,whilealsoacquiringcelebrityasanauthoroftragediesandessays.Fallingfoulofsuccessiveemperors(CaligulainAD39andClaudiusinAD41),hespenteightyearsinexile,allegedlyforanaffairwithCaligula’ssister.RecalledinAD49,hewasmadepraetorandwasappointedtutortotheboywhowastobecome,inAD54,theemperorNero.OnNero’ssuccession,Senecaactedforsomeeightyearsasanunofficialchiefminister.Theearlypartofthisreignwasrememberedasaperiodofsoundgovernment,forwhichthemaincreditseemsduetoSeneca.HiscontroloverNerodeclinedasenemiesturnedtheemperoragainsthimwithrepresentationsthathispopularitymadehimadanger,orwithaccusationsofimmoralityorexcessivewealth.Retiringfrompubliclifehedevotedhislastthreeyearstophilosophyandwriting,particularlytheLetterstoLucilius.InAD65followingthediscoveryofaplotagainsttheemperor,inwhichhewasthoughttobeimplicated,heandmanyotherswerecompelledbyNerotocommitsuicide.Hisfameasanessayistanddramatistlasteduntiltwoorthreecenturiesago,whenhepassedintoliteraryoblivion,fromwhichthetwentiethcenturyhasseenaconsiderablerecovery.

【目录】

On the Shortness of Life

Consolation to Helvia

On Tranquillity of Mind