Séneca

Sobre La Felicidad Séneca

Lucio Anneo Seneca (4 a. C. - 65 d. C.) ejerce una influencia permanente en la literatura y filosofia occidentales. Su amplia obra contiene una formulacion incisiva y relevante de las ideas del estoicismo, y desde la Antiguedad constituye uno de los modelos mas destacados del canon ensayistico de las letras universales. Este volumen reune los tratados que examinan algunas de las cuestiones cruciales de la etica de todos los tiempos: la relacion del placer con la virtud, la busqueda de la felicidad, el concepto de naturaleza aplicado al ideal humano, la supremacia de la razon, el empleo del tiempo y la dignidad del retiro. El estilo senequiano representa un momento cumbre del dialogo en la tradicion filosofica y literaria, donde el lector es invitado a ser interlocutor de una particular conversacion sobre el arte de vivir que fue objeto de admiracion para autores como Erasmo, Montaigne, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche o Cioran / 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. 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.