塞內卡：論生命之短暫 英文原版 Penguin Great Ideas : On the Shortness of Life Seneca

基本信息

By (author) Seneca

Format Paperback | 112 pages

Dimensions 111 x 181 x 6mm | 72g

Publication date 02 Sep 2004

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement UK ed.

ISBN10 014101881X

ISBN13 9780141018812

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內容簡介

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.

“偉大的思想系列叢書”是英國企鵝出版集團推出的一套精選本學術名著，共80種，收錄了一些對人類思想產生過重大影響的哲學著作、隨筆和政論。作者包括柏拉圖、尼采、奧威爾和阿倫特等，以中英雙語的形式出版，既能夠讓讀者領略原著的思想精髓，又能借以提高英語閲讀水平。

“偉大的思想”選擇從古希臘到二十世紀公認的西方哲學經典著作。每一部經典都是多角度、多側面的，最能代表其主旨的部分，以中英對照的形式出版，儘量幫助讀者把握西哲全貌、準確理解其精神內涵。縱觀歷史，有的書改變了世界。它們扭轉了我們看待自身和他人的方式。它們引發爭論，產生異見，挑起戰爭，催化革命。它們發人深省，激發憤懣，鼓動情緒，提供慰藉。它們豐富了我們的生活，也摧毀了我們的生活。現在，《偉大的思想》叢書帶您領略偉大的思想家、先驅、激進分子和夢想家的著作，他們的思想撼動了舊有的文明，塑造了我們現在的樣子。

作者簡介

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born in Spain around 4BC. He rose to prominence at Rome, pursuing a double career in the courts and political life, until Claudius sent him into exile exile on the island of Corsica for eight years. Recalled in AD49, he was appointed tutor to the boy who was to become, in AD54, the emperor Nero. Seneca acted for eight years as Nero's unofficial chief minister until Nero too turned against him and he retired from public life to devote himself to philosophy and writing. In AD65, following the discovery of a plot against the emperor, he and many others were compelled by Nero to commit suicide. C.D.N. Costa has spent most of his working life at Birmingham University, where he is Professor of Classics and Chairman of the School of Antiquity. Among other works, he has written commentaries on the works of Seneca, Letters, Dialogues and the tragedy Medea.