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Letters from a Stoic

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Letters from a Stoic

Written by: Seneca, Robin Campbell
Narrated by: Julian Glover
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Julian Glover, Olivier Award winning actor, also known for his roles in Game of Thrones and Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robin Campbell.


A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. 4 BC- AD 65) that the Stoics found their most eloquent advocate. Stoicism, as expressed in the Letters, helped ease pagan Rome's transition to Christianity, for it upholds upright ethical ideals and extols virtuous living, as well as expressing disgust for the harsh treatment of slaves and the inhumane slaughters witnessed in the Roman arenas. Seneca's major contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into a powerfully moving and inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.

Public Domain (P)2019 Penguin Audio Ethics & Morality Greek & Roman History Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence Philosophy
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Voice would have been better. Keep it in 1.2 and thank me later. Altogether nice

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each and every single letter has a very valuable lessons and a quote and each letter teaches you more and more valuable things to life especially with the main thought being there is no meaning to life

goosebumps in every letter I hear

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The speaker's voice is not so clear and confusing. It would have been better if another reader would have read it

The speaker's voice is not so clear and confusing

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