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Published
Penguin Classics, October 2014
ISBN
9780141395852
Format
Hardcover, 352 pages
Dimensions
17.5cm × 11.1cm × 3cm

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Seeing self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', the Stoic philosophy called for the restraint of animal instincts and the importance of upright ethical ideals and virtuous living. Seneca's writings are a profound, powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.

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