Epistulae Morales Selectae
Seneca is an important repository of Stoic doctrine. His reputation, based on the ancient testimony, has remained ambiguous down to the present day: he was a Stoic hero who attempted to advise Nero, he was a dissolute hypocrite, he was a Christian saint. That said, his letters provided a format for philosophical discourse that long remained valid for Western Europe. His musings always sprang from concrete situations: the games in the Coliseum, the noise from a public bath below his apartment. Montaigne admired the style of his Latin, which he called "nerveux": taut and full of energy. (Summary by Malone)
Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Ancient
Language: Latin
Keyword(s): philosophy (942), ancient history (31), Latin Literature (21), Stoicism (19), ancient philosophy (4), seneca the younger (2)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | 01 - Epistulae 1, 2, 6, 7 | Malone |
00:23:16 |
| Play 02 | 02 - Epistulae 8, 9, 10 | Malone |
00:28:30 |
| Play 03 | 03 - Epistulae 15, 16, 26, 27 | Malone |
00:30:10 |
| Play 04 | 04 - Epistulae 28, 31, 37, 38, 40 | Malone |
00:31:24 |
| Play 05 | 05 - Epistulae 41, 44, 47 | Malone |
00:27:54 |
| Play 06 | 06 - Epistulae 49, 51, 55, 57 | Malone |
00:33:40 |
| Play 07 | 07 - Epistulae 60, 61, 63, 70 | Malone |
00:34:17 |
| Play 08 | 08 - Epistula 71 | Malone |
00:27:42 |
| Play 09 | 09 - Epistulae 72, 73 | Malone |
00:20:58 |
| Play 10 | 10 - Epistula 74 | Malone |
00:26:21 |
| Play 11 | 11 - Epistulae 75, 76 | Malone |
00:35:48 |
| Play 12 | 12 - Epistulae 79, 80 | Malone |
00:21:56 |