Description: The medium of Seneca's Lebenskunst is language. We first change the meaning of words through philosophical reflection, then ourselves. Rhetorical patterns guide us in constructing an inner world and in defining ourselves. Texts in Latin and in translation document Seneca's seminal role in the development of European thought.
Review Quotes: 'Hic liber, qui multis adnotationibus utilibus instructus est, non solum bene legitur, sed eius lectione etiam plurima addiscuntur. Insuper eodem unā ex parte praebentur incitamenta ad propias inqusitiones, alterā ex parte impulsūs dantur, quibus etiam didascalicae tractioni Senecae novi aspectūs addentur.'
Sigrides Albert, Vox Latina, 2005