Hardship and HappinessSeneca the Younger, Elaine Fantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, Gareth D. Williams
Hardship and Happiness
by Seneca the Younger, Elaine Fantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, Gareth D. Williams · first published 2014
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Unless you absolutely cannot afford to, I firmly suggest to invest in a solid English translation. A bad translation is a deal breaker. For Seneca's works, I recommend these: → 'Letters on Ethics' (University of Chicago Press) – I consider this to be the definitive English translation; it's done by two of the foremost scholars: Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. This has the full set of 124 lette
on “How to Think about Pleasure” ↗For Seneca, U. of Chicago Press has been releasing a series of new translations[1] over the last few years. Good, if a bit expensive. May be some on the used market by now. Hardship and Happiness would probably be the most useful one if you're looking for his work on Stoicism, followed by Letters on Ethics, then Anger, Mercy, Revenge. They may eventually do a one or two volume "best of" compilation…
on “What the Stoics did for us” ↗…motive of virtue but an accessory [...]" Read the essay in full, it contains evocative "word pictures" and several parts of it are laugh-out-loud funny. (The translation I used for the above quotes is 'Hardship and Happiness'; Chicago University Press.) [1] I strongly suggest to immerse yourself into this edition 'Epictetus Discourses, Fragments, and Handbook' (Robin Hard and Chris Gill; Oxford World's Classics). This…
on “How to Think about Pleasure” ↗